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Arlene Roberts Morris posed with bicycle, Iowa City, Iowa?, 1946

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.

Multiracial quartet in performance, First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, Iowa, late 1940s

Pictured at right is Esther J. Walls; the others are unknown University of Iowa students.

Girls' Dance Team, Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA of Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, March 25, 1941

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…