Marine, Public Servant, Kansan
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The groundwork for Ernest “Ernie” Garcia’s life was laid by his ancestors through a decade of field labor, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and two world wars. Through hard […]
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The League of Wives: Heath Hardage Lee
Event Category:Historian and author Heath Hardage Lee specializes in telling little-known stories of dynamic women throughout history. Her latest work, “The League of Wives,” explores a group of fearless military wives […]
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Taliban Safari: One Day in the Surkhagan Valley
Event Category:In his book “Taliban Safari,” retired Lt. Col. Paul Darling offers an engrossing and true day-in-the-life narrative of a combat soldier in Afghanistan in 2009. From the mundane to the […]
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Battle for the Marble Palace: The Forging of the Modern Supreme Court
Event Category:Author Michael Bobelian returns to the Dole Institute to explore a forgotten battle of 1968. Against a backdrop of the Vietnam War, riots during the Democratic National Convention and the […]
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A Powerful, Prevailing Truth: Women in Politics a Century After Suffrage
Event Category:In the century since women gained the vote with the ratification of the 19th amendment, the role of women in the political sphere has increased dramatically in some ways with […]
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A Conversation on Race Part I
Event Category:The justifiable outrage over the death of Mr. George Floyd has spread across the United States and beyond. As thousands of people take to the streets demanding racial justice, the […]
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Let the Shameful Wall of Exclusion Come Down: The 30th Anniversary of the ADA
Event Category:On Tuesday July 21st, the George & Barbara Bush Foundation will convene key activists, advocates and policymakers who helped make the Americans with Disabilities Act a reality for a bipartisan […]
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Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of the ADA
Event Category:The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement is joining the Dole Institute of Politics, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, George Bush Presidential Library & Museum […]
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Marines Return to Vietnam
Event Category:In 1967, John Musgrave was wounded in Vietnam. More than fifty years later, he, along with fellow marine John Solbach, journalist Lindsey Foat, and historian Bill Tuttle, returned to the […]
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2020 CONSTITUTION DAY | Kansas in the U.S. Supreme Court
Event Category:KU Law Professor Lou Mulligan leads guests: Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas, Lauren Bonds; Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law, Larry Yackle and Constitutional […]
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A Conversation on Race Part II: Asian-Pacific and Hispanic concerns
Event Category:“The problem of racism in this country is multi-faceted and complex,” said Director Bill Lacy. “As we move forward in this series, we want to address additional communities and how […]
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46: The Biden Presidency
Event Category:Researcher for Richard Ben Cramer’s landmark book What It Takes: The Way to the White House and assistant for several autobiographical books for President-elect Joe Biden, including his latest, Promises […]