It has been more than 115 years since a Marshalltown man packed up his things and headed south to establish a school in the rural Mississippi backwoods. The Piney Woods School is still in existence ...

Iowa is filled with a rich history of the struggles Blacks faced and the resulting triumphs. Here are 10 Black History Month facts that Iowans should know. In the lead-up to the 2020 election ...

Zoom in: Local historian Mike Rowley, who co-authored a book about the cemetery last year, highlighted some of the people buried there who made significant contributions to Black history. Editor and ...

Amid fears of losing federal funding, Waterloo Community Schools backed out of an annual Black History Month reading event ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Basi Affia is making a name for himself as Iowa's first Black comic book publisher. Affia, who is a Lincoln High School alum, only got into comic books five years ago during ...

CANNOT WAIT FOR TULIP TIME. IT’S SUCH A NEAT THING. WELL, AN IOWA AUTHOR IS HOSTING A BOOK DRIVE THIS MONTH CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE IDEA OF THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS IS TO START ...

A historical marker will be placed at Fort Des Moines this summer to honor the 1,000 thousand black soldiers who trained there to become officers during World War One. Researcher Keith King says ...

hosted by the University of Northern Iowa College of Education. The events, held in schools and communities nationwide, have become a Black History Month tradition. The free, virtual event ...

Black men enlist for the Fort Des Moines' Officer ... The State Historical Society of Iowa approved North’s request for a historical marker commemorating the officers’ leadership, with the ...