Rethinking Quindaro: A Kansas ACLU report shines a new light on a 'truly democratic place'

Quindaro in Wyandotte County was once a thriving, multiracial community, inextricably linked to the region’s history before, during and after the Civil War. This week, the ACLU of Kansas is releasing a carefully curated, more than 40-page analysis of the former township.
The ACLU of Kansas is asking people to study the history of Quindaro to envision a more just and equitable Kansas.

Quindaro, the organization argues, is more than a site of historic significance, known mostly as a stop along the Underground Railroad on the Kansas bank of the Missouri River in what is now Wyandotte County.

Quindaro was an idea.