On June 3, 1973 Des Moines misplaced a real first girl: Audra Alexander. Whereas some knew…
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47+ Years of Service in Des Moines – Iowa Black History Research Collective
Reverend George Parrish was born in Boone, Iowa in 1914. He was primarily raised by his…
How to Survive in a Seemingly Doomed World – Iowa Black History Research Collective
“I used to be drawn to science fiction as a result of it was so huge…
Auntie Fletcher – Iowa Black History Research Collective
From her arrival within the late1860s to her dying in December, 1912, Auntie Fletcher was the…
Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus: Dr. Melissa Cooper, Scholar of Gullah Geechee Cultural History
Within the Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus sequence, we characteristic on-line shows from our Benjamin A. Botkin…
My history hero: Pauline Black chooses Billie Holiday (1915–59)
What sort of girl was she? Some folks see her as a sufferer, hounded by the…
Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we’ve learnt from history in the last 25 years
New applied sciences have pressured a rethink, although, fully revolutionising what we learn about Viking girls.…
Finding Hate In Our History – Iowa Black History Research Collective
This publish has been two years within the making. It has been an incredible problem to…