‘The Dunlap Exodusters - Songs of My Ancestors’ is a benefit concert of negro spirituals. The program will include music, and the stories of black families who came to settle in Dunlap Kansas ...

So they left. The so-called Exodusters moved west to Kansas. Some settled in cities like Topeka and Kansas City, and others established towns like Bogue and Nicodemus in the western part of the state.

Plus: A Kansas cemetery holds the stories of Black "Exodusters" who moved north after the Civil War. The Kansas City Fire Department has responded to all kinds of emergencies since 1868.

Indeed, some of Bowen’s ancestors were members of a mass migration often referred to as Exodusters, a term that stems from the biblical story about the Exodus of Israelites from Egypt. Beginning in ...

The Martin Cemetery in Stafford County, Kansas holds the remains of "Exodusters" who migrated to the area in the years after the Civil War ended. Sometimes the little places you pass every day ...

The Exodusters marked one of the most remarkable migrations in the United States. With the exception of Nicodemus, one of the few remaining Kansas African American communities founded after the ...

Singleton’s efforts, along with conditions and other inducements, made Kansas the leading destination for many of these migrants (“Exodusters”), although others went to places such as Oklahoma, ...

“The Dunlap Exodusters - Songs of My Ancestors, A Concert of Negro Spirituals”will feature photographs and stories of her own ancestors and of important black leaders of the time.

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, leader of the Exodusters by Herb Boyd September 26, 2024 September 29, 2024. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

OLATHE — The Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church endorsed a campaign Thursday to awaken Kansans to the threat of white Christian nationalism and press for wider appreciation of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Black American Blueprint Collective hosted its first Exodusters Walk/Run and plaque unveiling.. The walk/run took place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the grounds of the ...