Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1910s-1930s | Video | African-American Legal Associations | Charles P. Howard Jr. (1921-1994), a former president of the National Bar Association, discusses discrimination faced by black attorneys. |
Video | African-American Residents Recall the Challenges of Leaving Buxton, Iowa in the 1920s | In the early 1900s, Buxton, Iowa was a booming coal town with first class amenities for its residents. As the coal in Buxton, Iowa ran out in the mid-1920s, the town’s residents were forced to find work elsewhere. |
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Late 1940s | Video | African-Americans Labeled Communists | Charles P. Howard Jr. (1921-1994), prominent attorney and former president of the National Bar Association, talks about black activists who were labeled communists in the 1940s. |
1929-1939 | Video | Agriculture Adjustment Act | Through the Agriculture Adjustment Act the government asked farmers to stop farming some of their land in order to balance supply and demand. It was hoped this would increase the price they received for their crops. |
1850s | Video | Alexander Clark and Early Abolitionists | Before the Civil War, there were many abolitionists living in Eastern Iowa where Alexander Clark lived. Within a short time, Clark became an activist fighting for the rights of blacks. In this clip from the "Lost in History: Alexander Clark" documentary, historian Dr. |
1867 | Video | Alexander Clark and the First Successful School Desegregation Case in the United States | In 1867, an African-American businessman named Alexander Clark filed a lawsuit against the Muscatine, Iowa, school district for denying his daughter admission to a public school because she was black. |
1884-1892 | Video | Alexander Clark Becomes an Attorney, Newspaper Publisher and Ambassador | After winning the first successful school desegregation case in the history of the United States in 1867, African-American businessman Alexander Clark continued to accomplish great things including getting his law degree from the University of Iowa, running a newspaper in Chicago, and becoming th |
1855 | Video | Alexander Clark Fights for Voting Rights in Iowa | Iowa's first constitution of 1846 required blacks to pay a $500 bond to enter the state and barred them from voting, holding office, serving in the state militia, attending public schools and marrying whites. |
1850s | Video | Alexander Clark Helps a Fugitive Slave | Before the Civil War, some slaves escaped their slave owners and went to free states like Iowa. |
1863 | Video | Alexander Clark Organizes African-Americans in Iowa to Fight in the Civil War | Iowan Alexander Clark mobilized African-Americans in Midwest states to fight for the North in the Civil War. In this clip from the "Lost in History: Alexander Clark" documentary, historian Kent Sissel explains how Clark was instrumental in organizing Iowa's first all-black unit. |