The AAMI will host holiday craft tables for children to learn about the seven principles of Kwanzaa: Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity, and Faith. Children will start by making their own Mkeka, or placemat, a symbol of tradition and history that the Kwanzaa table is built on. They will also […]

Join us at the Cedar Rapids Barnes and Noble for a discussion with Invisible Hawkeyes authors Lena and Michael Hill. A provocative balance of both local and national cultural history, Invisible Hawkeyes tells the stories of the University of Iowa’s integration in the period of 1930–1960. The blend of first-person testimonial and more formal, scholarly […]