Join AAMI Museum Educator at the Hiawatha Public Library for a presentation on Iowa Civil Rights. Explore the struggles and triumphs of the fight for equal rights in Iowa from the first documented refusal to pay a school tax to the marches and sit-ins of the 1950s and 60s. Alexander Clark, Viola Gibson, Edna Griffin, […]
The best conversations are held over a family dinner. Lion Bridge Brewing Co and the African American Museum of Iowa bring you a Table Talk. Our "Table Talk" speaker is Dr. Ashley Howard, a UI professor of African American studies. Her presentation title is: Prairie Fires: Urban Rebellions in the Midwest. Thank you to Target […]
The AAMI is partnering with the Cedar Rapids Public Library and WIN (Women in the NAACP) for a program and book giveaway, sponsored by Target. The planned program, “Rainbow of Faces,” includes reading The Colors of Us by Karen Katz, discussing diversity, creating a self-portrait, and learning to say “hello” in different languages. This event […]
The AAMI is partnering with the North Liberty Community Library and WIN (Women in the NAACP) for a program and book giveaway, sponsored by Target. The planned program, “Rainbow of Faces,” includes reading The Colors of Us by Karen Katz, discussing diversity, creating a self-portrait, and learning to say “hello” in different languages.
Join AAMI Museum Educator at the West Des Moines Public Library for a presentation on Endless Possibilities. Iowa was the first state in the U.S. to officially integrate its public schools in 1868, just three years after the Civil War ended. Surprised? This and so much more is part of Iowa’s wealth of African American […]
The AAMI is partnering with the Marion Public Library and WIN (Women in the NAACP) for a program and book giveaway, sponsored by Target. The planned program, “Rainbow of Faces,” includes reading The Colors of Us by Karen Katz, discussing diversity, creating a self-portrait, and learning to say “hello” in different languages.
AAMI's traveling exhibit, Iowa Civil Rights, will be on display at Lied Public Library in Clarinda, Iowa. 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, and Edna Griffin, the woman who led sit-ins at the Katz Drugstore in […]
Join the AAMI for a free screening of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools" at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. A discussion moderated by Evette Creighton will follow. Doors open at 5pm. Film starts at 5:15pm. -- "Inspired by the groundbreaking book of the same name by Monique W. Morris, Ed.D, PUSHOUT: THE […]
With the renovation underway, the AAMI has some furniture it will no longer be able to use. We're offering these pieces for free, first to non-profits, and then to the public. On April 18 from 10-2 non-profit representatives are welcome to come and take any pieces you would like (the general public will be welcome […]
With the renovation underway, the AAMI has some furniture it will no longer be able to use. We're offering these pieces for free, first to non-profits, and then to you! On April 19 from 10-2 you are welcome to come and take any pieces you would like (people representing non-profits are welcome to come on […]
