Name: More than Just a Game
Start: 2020-02-11T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-04-23T13:26:29-05:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library: Meeting Room A

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

02/11/2020 12:00pm 02/11/2020 1:00pm More than Just a Game Iowa’s athletes have long impacted their teams, communities, and the sports they played, but African Americans did so while facing off against more than just the opposing team. They fought for the right to equal treatment on and off the field. Highlighting people such as Iowan and Olympian Thomas Hill, Drake University athlete Johnny Bright and his affect on the football helmet, and members of the Buxton Wonders, Iowa’s Negro Leagues team, this program is perfect for sports enthusiasts, history buffs, and the general public. Presented by Sean Donaldson of the African American Museum of Iowa. This event is cosponsored by the City of Iowa City Office of Equity & Human Rights and the Iowa City Public Library. Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A

Iowa’s athletes have long impacted their teams, communities, and the sports they played, but African Americans did so while facing off against more than just the opposing team. They fought for the right to equal treatment on and off the field. Highlighting people such as Iowan and Olympian Thomas Hill, Drake University athlete Johnny Bright and his affect on the football helmet, and members of the Buxton Wonders, Iowa’s Negro Leagues team, this program is perfect for sports enthusiasts, history buffs, and the general public. Presented by Sean Donaldson of the African American Museum of Iowa.

This event is cosponsored by the City of Iowa City Office of Equity & Human Rights and the Iowa City Public Library.

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.