Exodusters: Black History in the West
Event Information
Date: Feb 25, 2026
Time: 6:00pm—7:30pm
Address: Laramie County Library
2200 Pioneer Ave Cheyenne, WY 82001
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The Exoduster movement was a critical component of the settling of the American West. As formerly enslaved people surveyed a post-emancipation world, they looked to the Great Plains for their promised "new birth of freedom." Join University of Wyoming Assistant Professor of History Cecily Zander, Ph.D. for a discussion of how their journey proved that the events of the Civil War and Reconstruction had a continental impact.