Invisible Hawkeyes African Americans at the University of Iowa during the long civil rights era

Streaming video - 2017

Dr. Lena M. Hill, Senior Associate to the UI President and Dr. Michael D. Hill, UI Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, 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.