Honoring Nicodemus

Name: Honoring Nicodemus
Start: 2026-02-04T11:00:00-06:00
Location: 7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS, United States, Kansas 66112

Schedule

Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS, United States, Kansas 66112 | Kansas City, KS

Presented by KCKCC Art Gallery and Cultural Enrichment Center.
Angela Bates is a prominent speaker for Humanities Kansas and an expert on Nicodemus, Kansas, the nation’s first African American town west of the Mississippi. She presents on Nicodemus’s history, African American life after slavery, Black pioneers, and freedom’s legacy, drawing from her deep family ties to the town and her role as Executive Director of the Nicodemus Historical Society. Her presentations, like “Children of the Promised Land,” explore themes of self-determination and the experiences of formerly enslaved people. Bates has a series of children's books called “Adventures of Nicodemus Annie.”