Dr. Deborah Whaley comes back to the AAMI discuss Aaron McGruder’s comic strip and hit television program, The Boondocks. She examines the social and political dialogue present in both forms […]
Whether their topics were slavery, war, freedom, community, or family, African-American women in the nineteenth century contended with restrictions on what they could and could not write. As writers, they […]
Join us at the First Street Community Center Theatre in Mount Vernon for this presentation. Since the late nineteenth century, African Americans have participated in a variety of sports and […]
Join us Friday, June 15th at the AAMI at 7pm for Dr. Brie Swenson Arnold, Associate Professor of History at Coe College, and her presentation of the inspiring story of […]
Join us Friday, June 27th at 7pm to listen to Dr. Tunde Adeleke, Professor of History at Iowa State University, explore the varied views of three influential 1960's activists. From […]
Join us for "Behind the Beat" at the Marion Public Library on Tuesday, July 10th at 7pm. This presentation uses music to explore African American history, from the African beats […]
UNTOLD STORIES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE July 11 at 7pm African American Museum of Iowa Free Museums that explore American Art and culture, often struggle with who's stories […]
Dr. Aleia Brown, Program Manager at Humanities Action Lab, will discuss the African American quilt making tradition. Narrative quilts are conversant, often documenting a historical event, while also issuing commentary […]
"Jumping Jack to Jump Jim Crow: The Origins of a Pernicious Stereotype?" Join Dr. Barbara Mooney as she discusses this American racial stereotype. August 23rd at 7pm The African American […]
Dr. Kinohi Nishikawa presents: Who is the audience for African American literature? It's a Question that has hovered over the profession of black authorship for much of the twentieth century. […]
