Black Stories Collective: On The Ballot: Cedar Valley African Americans in Politics

Visit the latest installment in the Black Stories Collective series: "On the Ballot: Cedar Valley African Americans in Politics" at the Grout Museum of History and Science. Learn about local African American politicans throughout the history of the Cedar Valley and their impact on the political lanscape. Opening on election day, you won't want to miss it. About the Black Stories Collective: The Grout Museum District, in partnership with the NAACP and Experience Waterloo, has established the community-based Black Stories Collective committee to collect and preserve Black oral histories. The stories will be preserved and shared though this exhibition and online publication. When history is recorded and shared it enriches a community, but when certain events or people are ignored, society suffers a loss. The small number of Black interviews in the Grout Museums’ Voices of Iowa oral history archive was brought to light as the community held social justice protests during 2020. Recognizing this deficiency, the Black Stories Collective Project evolved and became a priority. This series will explore various events and people in the Cedar Valley whose stories are largely unknown or untold. Please join us in exploring the history that has been overlooked, because when we ignore Black history, we are ignoring American history.