The Blue Triangle Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association of Des Moines was founded in 1919 to offer segregated programs for the African-American community. In 1947 it merged with the main branch of the YWCA as part of a nationwide…
Portrait taken for the cover of the first issue of Eyes magazine, an early publication about African American life and culture, in 1946. Morris also served on the Eyes magazine staff.
Althea "Bee" Moore was an undergraduate student at the University of Iowa (then known as the State University of Iowa) from 1924 to 1928. Very active socially, the scrapbook's collection of photographs, clippings, invitations and concert programs…
