It’s the fascinating story of a journey that began with slavery in Kentucky and ended in Nicodemus, the only remaining all-Black settlement west of the Mississippi. Join Angela O. Bates as she details the slave experience, as told by those who endured it, and tells of the efforts to solicit them as settlers. Learn about the 1877 migration to Kansas, the dust bowl years and the Great Depression as well as Nicodemus’ renewed hope through preservation efforts as a National Park. Angela is the executive director and a past president of the Nicodemus Historical Society. This presentation is offered free of charge at the Smoky Hill Museum on Thursday, June 2 from 5:30-6:30 pm.