February is National Black History Month. To find resources for either the classroom or personal edification, one need look only as far as Iowaβs history. Did you know:
- That Iowa was home to a town named Buxton, in which residents and businesses were fully integrated from 1895 into the 1920s?
- Iowa was one of the first states in the union to legalize interracial marriage back in 1851?
- That Iowa led the way in desegregating public schools?
- That the first black Miss America candidate was Miss Iowa back in 1970?
Here is a sampling of great resources for you:
African American Museum of Iowa
Iowa Department of Human Rights
African American History Month
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
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