BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34f4d3f4-c074-45df-9091-6bbe8ec8931d SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T043736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T193000 SUMMARY:Nick Chiles and the Topeka Plaindealer LOCATION:Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library\nTopeka and Shawnee Coun ty Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library:geo:39.0507561,-95.6965309 GEO:39.0507561;-95.6965309 DESCRIPTION:Local researcher Sonja Czarnecki\, will talk about Nick Chiles \, the owner and editor of the Topeka Plaindealer newspaper\, the largest- circulating Black newspaper in the Great Plains 1900-1930..\nhttps://tscpl .libnet.info/event/8103823 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Researcher Sonja Czarnecki will present he r research on Nick Chiles\, the owner and editor of the Topeka Plaindealer . \; The Topeka Plaindealer was the largest-circulating Black newspape r in the Great Plains in the first three decades of the 20th century. Chil es was an entrepreneur\, political boss\, and civil rights activist--one o f the most influential African American leaders in the region. The Plainde aler was a vehicle for activism in Topeka's Black community and beyond\, s ustaining the community and serving as a voice for radical political chang e long before the modern civil rights movement.

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