Angela Bates, a descendant of Nicodemus’ original homesteaders, will visit the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to share her experience. She is the president and executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society and Museum. Her talk, “Home in the Promised Lands of Kansas: From Slavery to Homesteading,” is 3:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Center for Great Plains Studies, 1155 Q St.

The talk is part of the Paul A. Olson Great Plains seminars, an interdisciplinary lecture series from the Center for Great Plains Studies on various Great Plains topics. It is free and open to the public.