Life in Kansas During the Dust Bowl - a Humanities KS presentation

WPL is pleased to host Katie Keckeisen for her presentation, "Life in Kansas During the Dust Bowl," part of the Humanities Kansas Speaker's Bureau program.

Black Sunday - April 14, 1935 - is an unforgettable moment in history. The photographs from that day of the dust storm in southwest Kansas made headlines across America. How did Kansans respond to this challenging moment in history? Using eyewitness accounts and photographs, this presentation explores the impact and the legacy of the drought and the "Dust Bowl" on life in Kansas during the 1930s and beyond.

Katie Keckeisen is the Local History Librarian at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

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