Zap! Blam! Pow! Join Dr. Deborah Whaley as she presents Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime. In this presentation, she examines the representation, production, and transnational […]
The Blue Jazz Trio presents a historical account and instrumental tribute to Jazz's most influential women. Discover new sounds and old favorites with renowned saxophonist Ray Blue as he highlights […]
The African American Museum of Iowa is proud to sponsor a NewBo Community Blood Drive on site in our Aldeen Davis Celebration Hall from 10:00am - 1:00pm. Donation eligibility questions? […]
Locked in silent conversation, MFA, Ph.D Grant Wood Fellow Christopher-Rasheem McMillan uses dance and movement to reflect on race relations in America. Starting with the death of Emmett Till and […]
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 […]
Enjoy a movie night on us! We invite our 2016 volunteers and their families to the CRPL to see "Night at the Museum." Look for the invitation in your inbox!
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 […]
Enjoy free evening admission at the AAMI for Juneteenth Education day!
The AAMI will host a screening of the Netflix original documentary "13th." In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. […]
Join the AAMI Saturday, June 17 from 11:00am-4:00pm for a celebration of freedom at Viola Gibson Park. Enjoy a variety of food vendors, a health station, community information booths and live […]
