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Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

The African American Museum of Iowa will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticket holders on Saturday September 21, 2019 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day, a national celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington D.C.-based museums. […]

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Driven by Hope

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

About the Series: Join us at the Museum for free monthly presentations by Sean Donaldson, Museum Educator. These one-hour presentations will focus on a variety of topics ranging from broad African American history and the evolution of African american music, to Iowa's African Americans in sports and African American holiday traditions. With twelve opportunities to […]

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Join us for a Well-Read Black Girl book club meet-up!

Book Club Meet Up – An American Marriage

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

Newlyweds, Celestial and Roy, are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is artist on the brink of an exciting career. They are settling into the routine of their life together, when they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is […]

2019 History Makers Gala

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center 7725 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Join the African American Museum of Iowa to honor African Americans who’ve made an indelible impact as a trailblazer, change agent, legacy maker or role model in their communities. The AAMI’s only fundraiser, the annual History Makers Gala attracts guests from all over Iowa. Proceeds benefit the AAMI’s efforts to carry out its mission to preserve, […]

The Underground Railroad

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

About the Series: Join us at the Museum for free monthly presentations by Sean Donaldson, Museum Educator. These one-hour presentations will focus on a variety of topics ranging from broad African American history and the evolution of African american music, to Iowa's African Americans in sports and African American holiday traditions. With twelve opportunities to […]

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The Uncomfortable Truth: The History of Racism in America

Cedar Rapids Public Library 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

When the son of a Civil Rights Hero dives into the 400 year history of racism in America, he is confronted with the shocking reality that his family was involved from the very beginning. A comprehensive and insightful exploration of the origins and history of racism in America -- from slavery to Jim Crow era, […]

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Jazz & Blues: Ray Blue

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

🎫 Get Tickets Join us on Friday, October 11 to listen to the music of acclaimed artist Ray Blue! This performance will feature the Ray Blue Work Ensemble Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Advance sales will end at 4:00 PM on October 11. Ray Blue’s music can be described as a […]

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Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice

Cedar Rapids Public Library 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Presenting a historical narrative not often heard about prisons and crime, this documentary investigates the complex issues of discretion within the system, racial targeting, and the largest spike in the number of people incarcerated in our nation's history. Through interviews with people caught up in or involved with the system, this documentary answers and provokes […]

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Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America

Cedar Rapids Public Library 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety and grievance straight to the White House. Rejecting the notion that Trump's racial appeals to white voters during the 2016 campaign somehow represented a break with business as usual, Wise […]

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Join us for a Well-Read Black Girl book club meet-up!

Book Club Meet Up – Beloved

African American Museum of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids , IA, United States

This is the story--set in post-Civil War Ohio--of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked death in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad: a woman of "iron eyes and backbone to match." Sethe lives in […]