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AFRICAN AMER OF DES MOINES & P

Author : Honesty Parker
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531655112
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book AFRICAN AMER OF DES MOINES & P written by Honesty Parker and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although African American pioneers arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 1860s, the population exploded in the 1880s due to the surrounding coal mines. In the 1860s, the Burns Methodist Episcopal Church was the first African American church built in Des Moines, and its only address was "East Side of the River." From 1900 to the 1960s, African Americans across the United States called Center Street "the coolest place in the country." The likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and many others graced the hotels and clubs there. In Des Moines in the late 1960s and early 1970s, young African Americans discarded the term Negro and demanded to be referred to as Afro-American or black, as black pride swelled in their chests.

African Americans of Des Moines and Polk County

Author : Honesty Parker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738582962
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book African Americans of Des Moines and Polk County written by Honesty Parker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although African American pioneers arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 1860s, the population exploded in the 1880s due to the surrounding coal mines. In the 1860s, the Burns Methodist Episcopal Church was the first African American church built in Des Moines, and its only address was "East Side of the River." From 1900 to the 1960s, African Americans across the United States called Center Street "the coolest place in the country." The likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and many others graced the hotels and clubs there. In Des Moines in the late 1960s and early 1970s, young African Americans discarded the term Negro and demanded to be referred to as Afro-American or black, as black pride swelled in their chests.

Life Narratives of African Americans in Iowa

Author :
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738508412
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Life Narratives of African Americans in Iowa written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Narratives of African Americans in Iowa speaks of life in Iowa from the nineteenth century to the present day. The voices in these pages range from factory workers to doctors, politicians to lawyers. Each individual shares interesting insights into what it was like for African Americans in the state. Racism was prevalent, with each person encountering it in some form, but despite these challenges, those profiled here made a significant contribution to society. Willie Stevenson Glanton recalls her time spent as the first African American woman in the Iowa Legislature. George Boykin remembers the early days at the Sanford Center in Sioux City. Although a physician, Percy Harris tells about the problems of finding a place to live in Cedar Rapids. Bernice Jones recalls challenging the status quota as a federal government worker in the Quad Cities. The participants in this oral history ranged in age from late 50s to early 90s at the time of their interviews.

Black in the Middle

Author : Terrion L. Williamson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742888
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Black in the Middle written by Terrion L. Williamson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ambitious, honest portrait of the Black experience in flyover country. One of The St. Louis Post Dispatch's Best Books of 2020. Black Americans have been among the hardest hit by the rapid deindustrialization and

Southeast Connector in Des Moines, Polk County

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Southeast Connector in Des Moines, Polk County written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Black Firsts

Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
ISBN 13 : 1578594243
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book Black Firsts written by Jessie Carney Smith and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achievement engenders pride, and the most significant accomplishments involving people, places, and events in black history are gathered in Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events.

Emancipation's Diaspora

Author : Leslie Ann Schwalm
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 080783291X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Emancipation's Diaspora written by Leslie Ann Schwalm and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping readers understand the national impact of the transition from slavery to freedom, this book features the lives and experiences of thousands of men and women who liberated themselves from slavery and worked to live in dignity as free women and men and as citizens.

African American Historic Places

Author : National Register of Historic Places
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471143451
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book African American Historic Places written by National Register of Historic Places and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995-07-13 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from the records of the National Register of Historic Places, a roster of all types of significant properties across the United States, African American Historic Places includes over 800 places in 42 states and two U.S. territories that have played a role in black American history. Banks, cemeteries, clubs, colleges, forts, homes, hospitals, schools, and shops are but a few of the types of sites explored in this volume, which is an invaluable reference guide for researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American culture. Also included are eight insightful essays on the African American experience, from migration to the role of women, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement. The authors represent academia, museums, historic preservation, and politics, and utilize the listed properties to vividly illustrate the role of communities and women, the forces of migration, the influence of the arts and heritage preservation, and the struggles for freedom and civil rights. Together they lead to a better understanding of the contributions of African Americans to American history. They illustrate the events and people, the designs and achievements that define African American history. And they pay powerful tribute to the spirit of black America.

Green, Fair, and Prosperous

Author : Charles Connerly
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609387201
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Green, Fair, and Prosperous written by Charles Connerly and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of what was once the tallgrass prairie, Iowa has stood out for clearing the land and becoming one of the most productive agricultural states in the nation. But its success is challenged by multiple issues including but not limited to a decline in union representation of meatpacking workers; lack of demographic diversity; the advent of job-replacing mechanization; growing income inequality; negative contributions to and effects of climate change and environmental hazards. To become green, fair, and prosperous, Connerly argues that Iowa must reckon with its past and the fact that its farm economy continues to pollute waterways, while remaining utterly unprepared for climate change. Iowa must recognize ways in which it can bolster its residents’ standard of living and move away from its demographic tradition of whiteness. For development to be sustainable, society must balance it with environmental protection and social justice. Connerly provides a crucial roadmap for how Iowans can move forward and achieve this balance.

Thunder from the Prairie

Author : Jerry Harrington
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 070063469X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Thunder from the Prairie written by Jerry Harrington and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Thunder from the Prairie, Jerry Harrington explores the life of Harold E. Hughes: a man of working-class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become Iowa governor (1963–1969) and US Senator (1969–1974). As a Democratic governor in traditionally Republican Iowa, Hughes, through his charismatic leadership, helped transform Iowa into a competitive two-party state while modernizing state government to make it more responsive to the contemporary needs of its citizens. Hughes was an outspoken leader against the Vietnam War and the American military as senator, and he exposed covert operations such as the illegal bombings of North Vietnam and Cambodia. Relying upon his experience with alcoholism that nearly cost him his life, Senator Hughes spearheaded the creation of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which was founded on the principle that alcoholism is a disease, not a personal moral failure. Hughes’s moral compass was guided by his Christian beliefs, steering him to politics left of center. In this way, Hughes was distinctive among other openly Christian politicians of his day, whose theology manifested in conservative politics. Jerry Harrington’s detailed Thunder from the Prairie is the first book-length treatment of Harold E. Hughes. The work fills major gaps in the history of Iowa and Midwestern political history, as well as the history of the “Long Sixties” (from the late 1950s to the early 1970s). Hughes was an impactful actor within the rise of postwar American liberalism, the conflict over the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement, and led the effort to reform the Democratic Party to make it more open to women, minorities, and young people.

On the Ground

Author : Judson L. Jeffries
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496800001
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book On the Ground written by Judson L. Jeffries and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Panther Party suffers from a distorted image largely framed by television and print media, including the Panthers' own newspaper. These sources frequently reduced the entire organization to the Bay Area where the Panthers were founded, emphasizing the Panthers' militant rhetoric and actions rather than their community survival programs. This image, however, does not mesh with reality. The Panthers worked tirelessly at improving the life chances of the downtrodden regardless of race, gender, creed, or sexual orientation. In order to chronicle the rich history of the Black Panther Party, this anthology examines local Panther activities throughout the United States—in Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; New Orleans, Louisiana; Houston, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Detroit, Michigan. This approach features the voices of people who served on the ground—those who kept the offices in order, prepared breakfasts for school children, administered sickle cell anemia tests, set up health clinics, and launched free clothing drives. The essays shed new light on the Black Panther Party, re-evaluating its legacy in American cultural and political history. Just as important, this volume gives voice to those unsung Panthers whose valiant efforts have heretofore gone unnoticed, unheard, or ignored.

City Politics, Pearson eText

Author : Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317349555
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book City Politics, Pearson eText written by Dennis R. Judd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a foundation for understanding the politics of America's cities and urban regions. Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme - that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity - City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics.

Iowa, 2000

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Iowa, 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Classic Restaurants of Des Moines and Their Recipes

Author : Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439671648
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Classic Restaurants of Des Moines and Their Recipes written by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Italian steakhouses, the Younkers Tea Room and Stella's Blue Sky Diner, Des Moines's culinary history is tantalizingly diverse. It is filled with colorful characters like bootlegger/"millionaire bus boy" Babe Bisignano, a buxom bar owner named Ruthie and future president of the United States Ronald Reagan. The savory details reveal deeper stories of race relations, women's rights, Iowa caucus politics, the arts, immigration and assimilation. Don't be surprised if you experience sudden cravings for Steak de Burgo, fried pork tenderloin sandwiches and chocolate ambrosia pie, à la Bishop's Buffet. Author Darcy Dougherty Maulsby serves up a feast of Des Moines classics mixed with Iowa history, complete with iconic recipes.

Census of population and housing (2000): Iowa Summary Population and Housing Characteristics

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428986472
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Explorer's Guide Iowa

Author : Lauren R. Rice
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581578245
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Explorer's Guide Iowa written by Lauren R. Rice and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Iowa? I could have sworn this was heaven.”—from Field of Dreams This lively guide—the definitive comprehensive travel guide devoted entirely to Iowa—highlights the events, attractions, lodgings, restaurants, history, and culture that make the Hawkeye State great. Iowans have always known how wonderful their state is; now everyone else can experience the best that this under-appreciated gem has to offer. From railroads and the state fair to art museums and wineries; from cycling to golf to spelunking, Iowa won’t fail to surprise and delight travelers. If you like spending your vacations away from crowds or exploring beautiful, perfect natural landscapes, Iowa might be just what you’re looking for. Author Lauren Rice traveled throughout her home state to find the best it has to offer. Everywhere she went she learned something new—a fascinating bit of local history, a little restaurant serving great homemade food, some terrific tucked-away place to visit—and there are countless other treasures just waiting to be discovered. As with all Explorer’s Guides, handy icons point out places of extra value, kid-friendly sites and activities, and lodgings that accept pets. Detailed maps and an alphabetical “What’s Where” section help you plan your trip. With this book in hand, travelers will get off the beaten path and into the heart of an authentic, unspoiled place.

Cultural Capital and Black Education

Author : V.P. Franklin
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607528428
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Capital and Black Education written by V.P. Franklin and published by IAP. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the contributions made by African Americans to public and private black schools in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. It suggests that cultural capital from African American communities may be important for closing the gap in the funding of black schools in the 21st century.