Charles Hotle

Patrick Hotle is the John Sperry Jr. Endowed Chair in Humanities at Culver-Stockton College. Before coming to Missouri, he taught in Nicaragua, Egypt, Belgium and the Netherlands. He is also […]
Stephen Graves

Stephen C.W. Graves is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of Missouri. He is also an affiliate of the Department of Political Science. Stephen […]
Larry Gragg

Larry Gragg is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He taught at S&T from 1977 to 2021. He was chair of […]
Vanessa Garry

Vanessa Garry is an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She currently instructs graduate students in the areas of leadership for equity and […]
John C. Fisher

John C. Fisher studied geology at Southeast Missouri State University and at the University of Missouri in Columbia. From 1973 to 1999 he owned and operated diversified row crop and […]
Douglas Shipley

Dr. Douglas Shipley is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent. Shipley grew up listening to the stories of his older relatives and compared them to the American History he was […]
Carole Shelton

Carole Shelton is a retired educator from the St. Louis City Schools, a professional storyteller for more than twenty-five years and an author. As a storyteller it is a calling […]
Ann Raab

Dr. Ann M. Raab earned her PhD in archaeology from the University of Kansas, and her MA degree in Anthropology at California State University, Northridge. She is Anthropology Instructor at […]
Kansas City Buffalo Soldiers Chapter

John “JR” Bruce is President of the KC Buffalo Soldiers Chapter and earned four Bronze Stars for Valor in Combat in Vietnam. Certified Oral Storyteller. George Pettigrew is Executive VP […]
Cecilia Nadal & Sydney Norton

Cecilia Nadal, sociologist, educator, producer, and playwright is currently the principal of Cross-Cultural Strategies, a consulting firm that uses multidisciplinary approaches to help organizations build community through diverse engagement. Cecilia […]