Humanities Iowa, a private, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has funded a presentation on African Americans in Iowa and Union County by Dr. Hal Chase 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Gibson Memorial Library.
Chase was born in Des Moines during WWII but grew up in legally segregated Frankfort, Kentucky, from eight to 18. He taught U.S., African-American and Iowa history at DMACC from 1989 to 2009 and coordinated and contributed a chapter to “Outside In: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2000.”
The program begins with a 15-minute audio-visual survey of the major people, organizations and events in Iowa’s African-American history from its territorial beginning in 1838 to the present. It also emphasizes the African American history of Creston and Union County, and Chase has worked to uncover and incorporate this material into the program. In addition, audience members are encouraged to bring their stories, scrapbooks and family albums to the presentation and share their content.
If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, call 641-782-2277 in advance.