Description

Funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered through CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources), this project digitized thousands of resources created by black Iowans from the 19th through 21st centuries. Explore this site to find local newspapers, oral histories, artifacts, photographs, event programs, and other resources. The resources were contributed by seven organizations collaborating on the grant project.

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Time Span

1927 to 2020
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Top Subjects

african americans black people social movements african american newspapers demonstrations

Locations

iowa--waterloo iowa--oskaloosa iowa--davenport united states--iowa

Genre

newspapers knapsacks surgical masks posters correspondence

Contributing Organizations

grout museum district african american museum of iowa state historical society of iowa