

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Daniel Atkinson: The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker: The Price of Black Stardom in Jim Crow America

Daniel E. Atkinson
THU, FEB 5, 7:00 PM
Hall Center Conference Hall (and online via Crowdcast)

This talk is free and open to the public!

"The Rediscovery of George 'Nash' Walker" is the first biography dedicated to the life and cultural contributions of George Walker, an actor, writer, and producer who revolutionized Black American theatre in the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival resources, newspaper accounts, memoirs, oral histories, and writings by Walker himself, Daniel E. Atkinson traces Walker’s rise from a medicine show performer to a leading figure in American popular culture.

George "Nash" Walker developed his performance skills in Lawrence, Kansas, before leaving the city at age twenty to pursue a career in vaudeville. In partnership with comedian Bert Williams, Walker helped challenge the stereotypes of minstrel performance while insisting on carefully curated Black entertainment told from a uniquely Afro-American perspective.

Atkinson is an independent scholar and former professor at the University of Kansas. He earned his doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington, where he specialized in Afro-American music and culture.

Join us in person, or watch online via Crowdcast at https://crowdcast.io/c/atkinson
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Lawrence
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045
- **lat**: 38.95563
- **long**: -95.2457
- **full address**: 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045

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- **organizer**: Hall Center for the Humanities (https://allevents.in/org/hall-center-for-the-humanities/26536476)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 900 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hall Center for the Humanities
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, entertainment, contests, performances, fine-arts, literary-art, comedy, business, conferences, virtual
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