Name: Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the UI During the Long Civil Rights Era
Start: 2017-02-19T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-06-02T08:13:35-05:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library: Meeting Room A

Library EventInvisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the UI During the Long Civil Rights Era

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Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

02/19/2017 2:00pm 02/19/2017 4:00pm Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the UI During the Long Civil Rights Era Dr. Lena M. Hill, Sr. Associate to the UI President and Dr. Michael D. Hill, UI Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, will discuss the creation of the 2016 book "Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the University of Iowa During the Long Civil Rights Era." What was it like to be black and a student at Iowa during the 1930s - 1960s? This event is cosponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County as part of their 2017 Sunday Speaker Series and by the Iowa City Public Library as part of the 2017 Black History Month series. Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A

Dr. Lena M. Hill, Sr. Associate to the UI President and Dr. Michael D. Hill, UI Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, will discuss the creation of the 2016 book "Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the University of Iowa During the Long Civil Rights Era." What was it like to be black and a student at Iowa during the 1930s - 1960s?

This event is cosponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County as part of their 2017 Sunday Speaker Series and by the Iowa City Public Library as part of the 2017 Black History Month series.

This event is open to the public.