General Store in Buffalo Center, ca. 1915

Pathways

• African-Americans in Iowa, 1838-2005
• Coming to Iowa: Opportunities for African-Americans
• A Neighborhood at Work
• The Great Buxton
• New Iowans: African Immigrants
• Black Officers at Fort Des Moines in World War I
• The Iowa Bystander
• Traditions Change Over Time
• Civil Rights
• Communities
• People

Media Artifacts

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  Mine Work in Iowa Means Opportunity for African American Workers in the Early 1900s
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  African-American Residents Recall the Challenges of Leaving Buxton, Iowa in the 1920s
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  An Unparalleled Story of Prosperity and Harmony in a 1900s Coal Mining Town
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  Racial Harmony in an Iowa Coal Mining Town in the Early 1900s
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  African-American and White Families Lived Side By Side in the Early 1900s Mining Town of Buxton, Iowa
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  Buxton: Racial harmony in an Iowa coal mining town
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  Protesting Racial Discrimination, Waterloo, 1950
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  King's Message
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  The Iowa Bystander Newspaper Brings Hope
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  The Iowa Bystander Publisher Fights for Success
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  The Iowa Bystander Provides Communication
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  African-American Legal Associations
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  The Depression Years

Web Sites

• Descriptions, photos, and audio recordings showcasing Gospel tradition and history and culture in Iowa
• Personal accounts of a resident and school teacher in Buxton, a unique Iowa coal community in the late 1800s and early 1900s
• History and photos of the Sioux City Ghosts, an all-black fast-pitch softball team that toured the country in the 1920s and 1930s
• Biography of James Morris, soldier, lawyer, and journalist for The Iowa Bystander, Iowa-based African-American owned and operated newspaper