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Black Women:
Achievements Against the Odds

Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds

African American women revolutionized American life with their contributions to civil rights, the arts, education, medicine, and a host of other fields. Underground railroad organizer Harriet Tubman, athlete Wilma Rudolph, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and journalist Ida B. Wells Barnett are among the prominent women featured in this exhibit. Produced by the Smithsonian Institution and purchased by the Kansas Humanities Council.

Handling Fee: $25

Exhibit Format: NIMLOK units using 10 panels; includes 20 posters measuring 36"x24"

Shipping: (1) plastic crate w/wheels measuring 26"x38"x13" and weighing 40 lbs and (2) NIMLOK crates w/wheels measuring 49"x38"x14" and weighing 150 lbs each

KHC Speakers:

First-Person Characterization: "Zora Neale Hurston" by Carmaletta Williams, Johnson County Community College

KSHS Multimedia Resources:

  • Trunk: The African American Experience in Kansas
  • How to book this exhibit


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