This small display commemorates the end of Barack Obama's presidency by featuring campaign materials and other memorabilia. This display is free-of-charge and not available for guided tours.
Join us for a book discussion on Drinking Coffee Elsewhere written by ZZ Packer, graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Several tales are set in black communities in the South and explore the identity crises of God-fearing, economically disenfranchised teens and young women while highlighting the complex emotions involved in having to make difficult choices.
Join us at the Cedar Rapids Barnes and Noble for a discussion with Invisible Hawkeyes authors Lena and Michael Hill. They tell the stories of the University of Iowa’s integration in the period of 1930–1960 in a highly engaging, stirring, and informative book that reveals both the glories and the failures of the integration movement […]
In collaboration with the African American Museum of Iowa, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library and the U of I College of Education Art Education Department, the CRMA presents our "How Printeresting" FFD! FFD is this Saturday, February 4 from 12 PM-3 PM and is all Free! Admission to the galleries is also […]
Come hear Dr. Brie Swenson Arnold and her student research team discuss the unique stories of African Americans who settled in Cedar Rapids between 1865 and 1915, and unveil their walking tour project which will be available for free at the AAMI.
Come hear Dr. Deborah Whaley present on her new book Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime. In this presentation, she examines the representation, production, and transnational circulation of women of African descent in the sequential art world.
Join us for a discussion and book signing with Ayana Mathis, award-winning author of "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie" and Iowa Writers’ Workshop assistant professor. Ms. Mathis’ novel tells a story of love and bitterness during the Great Migration during the early 20th century. This project was generously funded by Humanities Iowa.
Kids ages 5 and up join us for fun, exciting challenges through hands-on activities facilitated by Iowa State University’s WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors. Learn about scientific concepts through fun activities and the African American Inventors who used these concepts to create new, vital, […]
How does classical music intersect with diverse populations? Anne Carter, Director of Energy Efficiency at Alliant Energy will moderate expert panelists William LaRue Jones, Director of Orchestral Studies, University of Iowa; Jim Hirsch, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Sinfonietta (an orchestra whose sole mission is to promote diversity in classical music); Damani Phillips, Assistant Professor of […]
Through historic photos and first-hand accounts, Iowa Author Cheryl Mullenbach tells stories of the forgotten African American women who fought discrimination at home and abroad to fight in WWII. This Women's history Month, learn about Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman to serve on the remote Alaska-Canadian Highway, or Deverne Calloway, a Red Cross worker who led a protest […]
