Video

O Nicodemus

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Description

The promise of freedom sustained those who came to Nicodemus, Kansas. “Building life out of rock-solid faith,” the “Black gem of the frontier” would offer the formerly enslaved a chance to build a home of their own in the United States. Check out this behind the scenes look at poet Sunni Patterson’s spoken word performance of “O Nicodemus.”

Duration

2 minutes, 3 seconds

Credit

Sunni Patterson & NPS / David Ehrenberg

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