Experience a high-quality traveling version of the AAMI's exhibit, Suspended: Systemic Oppression in our Schools, at Muscatine Community College Library - Loper Hall. This exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. Elements of the criminal justice system have entered public schools around the country, resulting in zero tolerance […]
September 13, 2024 - August 16, 2025 Our Fall 2024 exhibit will thoughtfully consider the impact of post Civil War society and the culture surrounding Jim Crow laws as the basis of the popularity of dehumanizing Black imagery. While this imagery was pervasive in all forms of pop culture and mass media, much of this […]
It's a Matter of Health! Screenings: From 10am-2pm, health screenings will be available outdoors via mobile units. Discussions: From noon - 3pm, there will be indoor, hourly sessions with themes around sickle cell, prostate cancer, and genetics. Featuring medical and scientific experts as well as personal stories from those impacted. Resources: Throughout the day, community health resources will […]
Join us on Tuesday, September 24 for an open-house to celebrate and send-off AAMI Executive Director LaNisha Cassell as she embarks on her next adventure! What: Farewell reception for LaNisha Cassell and family Where: African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids When: 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 24
Experience a high-quality traveling version of the AAMI's exhibit, Suspended: Systemic Oppression in our Schools, at Muscatine Art Center. This exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. Elements of the criminal justice system have entered public schools around the country, resulting in zero tolerance policies and student policing […]
Join us for our annual History Makers Gala on Thursday, October 3, 2024. The event will highlight the achievements of honorees Dr. Wilfred Johnson (Waterloo), Jo Lavera and Phillip E. Jones (Iowa City), Emma Squires (Cedar Rapids), James L. Tillman, Sr. (Sioux City), and Mary L. Wells (Des Moines). History makers were nominated by their […]
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We invite you to join us for our new monthly series, Coffee Conversations. Beginning in October, AAMI will begin hosting informal conversations on our […]
We are excited to invite you to our monthly American Girl Day events at the African American Museum of Iowa. Each event will be a morning of fun inspired by the stories of Addy, Claudie, and Melody, young girls growing up during different times in American history. Join us for a fun-filled days of crafts, […]
