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Join us this Thursday, February 11, 2021, to explore the struggles and triumphs of the fight for equal rights. Featured individuals include Alexander Clark, the man who helped desegregate Iowa schools in 1868, Edna Griffin, the woman who led sit-ins at the Katz Drugstore in Des Moines in 1948, and more!

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Heritage Spotlight: Behind The Beat

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This presentation uses music to explore African American history, from the African beats to the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance to the popular music of the Civil Rights movement. The […]

Heritage Spotlight: Juneteenth & Emancipation

On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing those enslaved in territories in rebellion. This information moved so slowly through the south that some of those enslaved […]

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