Did you know that African Americans have been inventing and innovating in a variety of fields, including engineering? Get to know one amazing Iowan engineer and use the same skills […]
Civil rights and civil liberties are something that the African American community spent hundreds of years fighting towards. Before much of today's well known federal legislation was passed, state and […]
Join William Jones, author and founder of the Afrofuturism Network, as he discusses and signs copies of his book The Ex-Con, Voodoo Priest, Goddess, and the African King: A Social […]
Have you ever wondered how those old pieces of pottery, bone, or rock “speak” to scientists? Discover how archaeologists use items left behind by previous people to create an understanding […]
Iowa was the first state in the U.S. to officially integrate its public schools in 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended. Surprised? This and so much more […]
The Underground Railroad operated as a loosely organized network of people, both black and white, working to funnel slaves out of slavery into areas of freedom and lasted from about […]
The Underground Railroad operated as a loosely organized network of people, both black and white, working to funnel slaves out of slavery into areas of freedom and lasted from about […]
Although Reconstruction-era constitutional amendments and federal legislation extended political and civil rights to African Americans, northern states were slow to offer the full enjoyment of those rights to their black […]
An African American woman’s Sunday hat is her crowning glory—it announces to the world that here is a beautiful, sophisticated, confident person. But Sunday is just one day of the […]
Join Revival Theatre Company as we partner with the African American Museum of Iowa for an insightful discussion about "Ragtime the Musical," its music, dance and America's history at the […]
