Smoky Hills Public Television Specials
Ellis Trail to Nicodemus: The End of the Journey to the Promise Land
Special | 55m 14s
Billie Banks love story & a family trek west from central Kentucky to the promised lands of Kansas.
Family making the trek west in 1877 from central Kentucky to the promised lands of Kansas. Their destination is Nicodemus, an all-black town on the high plains of western Kansas. Newlywed and pregnant, Emma Johnson-Williams traveled with her parents and siblings to start a new life of freedom in the West. Weeks after the 35 miles journey Emma gives birth to the first baby born in Nicodemus.
Smoky Hills Public Television Specials is a local public television program presented by Smoky Hills PBS
Smoky Hills Public Television Specials
Ellis Trail to Nicodemus: The End of the Journey to the Promise Land
Special | 55m 14s
Family making the trek west in 1877 from central Kentucky to the promised lands of Kansas. Their destination is Nicodemus, an all-black town on the high plains of western Kansas. Newlywed and pregnant, Emma Johnson-Williams traveled with her parents and siblings to start a new life of freedom in the West. Weeks after the 35 miles journey Emma gives birth to the first baby born in Nicodemus.
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Smoky Hills Public Television Specials is a local public television program presented by Smoky Hills PBS