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Native Ground: The First People of Missouri Before Statehood
October 10, 2023
Rocheport
Culture, History
Presentation by Dr. Brad D. Lookingbill.
Join us to learn more about the people that have inhabited this place we now know as Missouri.
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Tale of Two Rivers: Contrasting Development and Conservation on the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers
July 11, 2023
Columbia, MO
History, River, Science
Presentation by Hydrologist Robb Jacobson, PhD
NOTE - this month the venue has changed! See below for details!
Robb Jacobson will discuss the engineering of both Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their differences.
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The Shared Story of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri
May 9, 2023
Culture, History
Presentation by Sociologist Cecilia Nadal and Cultural Historian Sydney Norton
Within the social and political context of nineteenth-century Missouri, German specialist Sydney Norton and sociologist Cecilia Nadal examine the contributions of German immigrants who dedicated their lives to ending slavery, and who, in some cases, worked with African Americans to institute laws of social equality after slavery was abolished.
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