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 Our Sister's Many Hats - Opening May 15th
Our Sisters' Many Hats is an exhibit that brings to light the many and varied
roles of African American women in Iowa. As providers for their families, crusaders for change,
servants of Christ, artists, scholars, friends, and neighbors, Black women have always "worn
many hats." This exhibit celebrates their many talents, while exploring reasons for and results
of their efforts.
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| Endless Possibilities
Endless Possibilities is the African American Museum of Iowa’s permanent exhibit.
It uses photos, objects, stories, and multimedia to trace the journey of Iowa’s African Americans.
Visitors begin the exhibit experience in the beauty and diversity of West Africa, then continue
through enslavement and the torturous Middle Passage, in which millions of African captives were
shipped in chains to the New World. You then experience the desperate flight of freedom seekers on the
Underground Railroad in Iowa, and share the trials and triumph of the Civil War and the end of slavery.
You can join the struggle for integration in Iowa’s schools and workplaces, and see the tools and toys of
African American mining families in turn-of-the-century Buxton. Next you can participate in a sit-in at the
lunch counter of the Katz Drug Store in Des Moines and sign a petition demanding that the store’s owner
respect everyone’s civil rights. Take time to honor heroes of the Civil Rights Movement in Iowa, including Charles
Toney of Davenport, Viola Gibson of Cedar Rapids, and Virginia Harper of Ft. Madison, and then
listen to the voices of modern history makers as they speak about their lives in Iowa. Finally,
you can stand behind President Barack Obama’s podium to celebrate his victory at the 2008 Iowa
caucuses, and look forward to endless possibilities for Iowa’s African Americans.
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more about this exciting new exhibit.
See the calendar
of events for programs related to this exhibit!
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