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Lectures, Presentations, and Other Events

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: History Talk – Now is Our Time to Strike: 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry 4/11/2026

Missouri History Museum: Perspectives in History – St. Louis Immigrants 4/14/2026

Unseen St. Louis: The Story of East St. Louis: Industry, race relations and decline Featuring Andrew Theising 4/16/2026

Missouri History Museum: African American History and Genealogy Society Workshops – Report out from Roots Tech 4/18/2026

St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: Lest We Forget – Film Screening & Panel Discussion 4/19/2026

Missouri History Museum: Beyond the Hill – Rethinking Italian St. Louis 4/25/2026

Missouri Historical Society (Soldiers Memorial): “Black Sugar/Red Blood: The Story of Anna” Screening with Filmmaker Luigi Toscano 4/26/2026

Missouri History Museum: Fighting Fire with Fire 4/28/2026

Missouri Botanical Garden: Chinese Culture Days 5/2/2026-5/3/2026

St. Louis County Library: The Missouri Story of the Trail of Tears 5/9/2026

St. Louis County Library: “Target St. Louis Vol. 1”: A Pruitt-Igoe Documentary 5/11/2026

Missouri History Museum: Author Talk–”Josephine Baker’s Secret War” by Hanna Diamond 5/12/2026

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: History talk – Mary Meachum and the St. Louis Underground Railroad 5/16/2026

Missouri History Museum: African American History and Genealogy Society Workshops – Family Genealogy & DNA 5/16/2026

Missouri History Museum: Indigenous Missouri – An Overview of Missouri’s Tribal Nations from the Paleolithic to the Present 5/23/2026

St. Louis County Library: America in the Pacific 5/26/2026

New Philadelphia Association: John Wood: A pioneer, senator, governor, and abolitionist by Reg Ankrom 6/2/2026 (flyer)

New Philadelphia Association: Freedom Suits and the Freedom Suits Memorial by Paul Venker 6/9/2026

New Philadelphia Association: Why the Civil War Still Matters: The United States Colored Troops by Jerilyn James Lee 6/16/2026

Missouri History Museum: African American History and Genealogy Society Workshops – Creating a Family Book Using AI Technology 6/20/2026

St. Louis County Library: The Missouri-Kansas Border War 6/22/2026

New Philadelphia Association: New Philadelphia Neighbors 6/23/2026

St. Louis County Library: Exploring St. Louis LGBTQIA History 6/30/2026

New Philadelphia Association: How descendants can reclaim their history 6/30/2026

Missouri History Museum: How St. Louis Shaped American Civil Rights 7/9/2026

Missouri History Museum: African American History and Genealogy Society Workshops – America 250 Presentation 7/18/2026

Missouri History Museum: African American History and Genealogy Society Workshops – Report Out from RootsTech 8/15/2026

Missouri History Museum: How St. Louis Shaped the Soundtrack of America 8/27/2026

Exhibits