Kaahgs - Kansas Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

02/13/2025

Our March program will discuss the Historic Lincoln Hills: Black owned resort! KAAHGS member Jeanette Patterson will discuss the historic Lincoln Hills Black-owned resort that has ties to African Americans across the country. Register for free at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. https://events.tscpl.org/event/12616522

02/07/2025

Henry Ossawa Tanner is Someone we should know about.

01/31/2025

Join us for this month's meeting, Living Legacies: Topeka's 1954 Alumni. We will discuss sharing your Living Legacy with members Topeka's 1954 Alumni at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 5:30-7pm. This is a hybrid event. Register here https://events.tscpl.org/event/12508482

01/31/2025

Check out the Tennessee Genealogical Society webinars.

07/27/2024

07/27/2024

Great articles!

03/19/2024

We have a great opportunity to share our heritage!

03/18/2024

African American Topeka History Tours are back! Register today! Travel the City with radical historian Donna Rae Pearson and Sherri Camp, author of “African American Topeka!”
You will see where history happened in Our Black community. See and learn about historic Black churches, homes, businesses, communities, schools and more.

History Tour Our African American Topeka History Travel the City with radical historian Donna Rae Pearson and Sherri Camp, author of “African American Topeka!” You will see where history happened in Our Black community. See and learn about historic Black churches, homes, businesses, communities,...

11/17/2023

“Black Homesteaders of the Great Plains.”
Date: Friday, November 17th at 12:00 Noon CST

Join the Movement of Ideas! With Humanities Kansas, where stories are shared and ways to connect with new ideas across the state.

Black Homesteaders of the Great Plains is an online event where Nicodemus, Kansas Historian, Angela Bates and a Descendant of DeWitty, Nebraska, Denise Scale will join Donna Rae Pearson for a discussion of these two thriving communities built by African-American homesteaders. Co-sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2w95tzhd

Humanities Kansas

11/13/2023

We all need the info that is in jeopardy at this moment! Make your choices heard!!!

Comments due on SS-5 access As much as The Legal Genealogist tries to keep up with legal issues that impact genealogy, sometimes things sneak past. This is one of those that almost snuck past, so here's a very late call to action: We have until the end of the day tomorrow, Monday, November 13t

11/02/2023

11/01/2023

Deadline November 30, 11:59pm EDT! Scholarship Form here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHhGxpIDbrxuRoCPGw8pyDOCmLyymPdUHmEEJUnH7uIjI-Cg/viewform