This free six-part exhibition explores the realities of securing freedom for all people in Kansas. Issues that erupted when Kansas Territory was opened to white settlement in 1854 did not end with statehood in 1861, nor with the end of the Civil War four years later. Throughout Douglas County’s history, people have struggled to gain freedom and secure civil rights. Their stories played out in different times and places across our county. These stories continue to unfold today. Finding Freedom will chronicle stories from the 1850s to the 1960s in Baldwin City, Eudora, Lawrence, Lecompton, and the communities of Clinton Lake.