KANSAS! Magazine

Our new issue of KANSAS! Magazine has dropped! In our July/August issue we are looking to escape (and to relax). We have a list of retreats from urban to small town. Also if this issue, photographer David Mayes takes us on the Bike Across Kansas - which celebrates 50 years this year. #kansasmagazine #kansasmag

Gold, Historic Feature In City of Sorrow, writer Will Haynes looks back at the devastating day Quantrill and his men attacked the city of Lawrence. The story was published on the 160th anniversary of the horrific event. Will Haynes is the Director of Engagement and Learning at the Watkins Museum of History in Lawrence. Read the Story: https://lnkd.in/gWmuKmdv

The Olympics haven't started yet, but KANSAS! Magazine already brought home the gold.

We accept Kansas photography submissions for our annual calendar and the magazine's gallery section (links below). If you know a Kansas photographer who would be interested, share this post. Calendar - https://lnkd.in/gC73B97f Gallery - https://lnkd.in/gTZnnNfa

NPR has a story this week that Ed Dwight (at 90 years old) finally made it to space. In "After Ad Astra" we talked with Mr. Dwight about how he nearly became America's first Black astronaut. After his military career, he became a highly acclaimed artist. We're thrilled Mr. Dwight had the opportunity to (finally) experience space first-hand. The link to NPR's article is in the comments.

First settled in 1850 by the Wyandot Nation in what would become the Kansas Territory, Quindaro was a beacon of hope for enslaved people looking for freedom. Today, time and nature have taken their toll on the site. In this story, writer Amber Fraley talks with Luther Smith and Holly Zane who are dedicated to the preservation of not only what remains of the abolitionist settlement, but its story. (link below) 🖋: Amber Fraley 📷: Andrea LaRayne Etzel & Carter Gaskins Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Old Quindaro Museum Visit Kansas City Kansas https://lnkd.in/d3qvqEkN

Our next issue is on its way to subscribers! In this issue of KANSAS!, we're time-traveling back into our state's history. Stories in this special "freedom" issue include - Brown vs. Board of Education's 70th Anniversary, the Dockum Drugstore Sit-In, Preserving the Ruins of Quindaro, Geary County's Black History Trail, and more. Thank you to our contributors: Aaron Patton, Cecilia Harris, Nick Krug, Kenny Felt, Meta West, Brian Goodman, Amber Fraley, Carter Gaskins, Frank Barthell, Beccy Tanner, Wichita Sedgwick County Historical Museum, and Kansas State Historical Society.