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Oral history interview with Helen Focht [excerpt]

Oral history interview with Helen Focht [excerpt]

Excerpted is Helen Focht's account of a trial integration of University of Iowa's Currier Hall in the summer of 1954 and her recollections of Betty (Arnett) Ward, the African American student involved in the integration.
Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]

Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]

Dora Martin Berry's recollections of becoming the first African American to win the Miss State University of Iowa pageant.
Esther Walls' speeches, 1959

Esther Walls' speeches, 1959

Contents: Speech given to Milwaukee Public Library about the ALA Young Adult Services Division Project on Africa -- "The Role of the Negro Woman: Its Implications for Today" -- Speech given to NYPL branch library in Mott Haven about traveling in West…
Esther Walls' speeches, 1960s

Esther Walls' speeches, 1960s

Contents: The New Negro, Detroit, 1963; People and Places - a personal reappraisal, Mason City, Iowa, 1969
One nation, indivisible

One nation, indivisible

Native Americans; Europeans; Middle Easterners; Asian Americans; African Americans; Latin Americans; Eurasian; South Asians
The black and blue candidate at the Brown and Black Forum

The black and blue candidate at the Brown and Black Forum

Governor Dean, you have one question; Is there a doctor in the house?
South Africa

South Africa

Apartheid
If we keep this up, we'll be the majority race soon!

If we keep this up, we'll be the majority race soon!

South Africa
You're all under arrest

You're all under arrest

South Africa
South Africa

South Africa

Apartheid
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