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Brief History of Fort Leavenworth 1827-1983

Edited by Dr. John W. Partin

Timeline of important events at Leavenworth, Kansas 1827-present

University of Radicalism: Ricardo Flores Magón and Leavenworth Penitentiary 

by Christina Heatherton

An Open Letter to the President From 52 Members of the I.W.W. Now in Leavenworth Penitentiary

Selective Service Act of 1917 (sess. I, chap. 15)

The Liberator, September 1919

Espionage Act of 1917 (sess. I, chap. 30)

Sedition Act of 1918 (sess. II, chap. 75)

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth in the 1930s and early 1940s

interviews conducted by Major George E. Knapp

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth in the 1930s and early 1940s

interviews conducted by Major George E. Knapp

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