Black Iowa History
Event Details
October 22, 2013 10:00 AM
Location: Ottumwa Public Library
Ottumwa , IA
Contact Name: Grant Stevens
Email: gstevens@blackiowa.org
Phone: 319-862-2101 ext. 223
Ottumwa , IA
Contact Name: Grant Stevens
Email: gstevens@blackiowa.org
Phone: 319-862-2101 ext. 223
Event Description
Iowa officially integrated its public schools in 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended. Surprised? This and so much more is part of Iowa’s wealth of African American history. From York, the first African American in Iowa and member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, to the first Black president, Barack Obama, African American history and Iowa has many stories to share.
