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"It’s Big: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives and Records Administration"
This exhibition will feature big documents, big events, big personalities, and big ideas from the region's history. Organized by the National Archives at Kansas City, "It's Big" features pieces of American history including: audio clips from the FBI's surveillance of Kansas City mobsters; the original complaint from Brown v. Board of Education, the case that ended school segregation; documents and photos of famous personalities with a local connection, including Negro Leagues baseball player Roy Tyler and Kansas City founding father John Calvin McCoy; and many of the famous and infamous signatures found in the National Archives holdings, including Abraham Lincoln, Leon Trotsky, Sitting Bull, Thurgood Marshall and the Birdman of Alcatraz.
Admission: FREE
Related Organization: National Archives - Central Plains Region
Where:
Region: Crown Center Area
Address: The National Archives, 400 W Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo.
Phone: 816-268-8000
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When:
Dates: May 22, 2009-Jan. 23, 2010
Time: 9am-5pm, Tues.-Sat.