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The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection

: Charles H. Nichols, Jr. lecture on the slave narratives and some sources of the Black Picaresque in biography and fiction at the University of Iowa, March 26, 1970

: Charles H. Nichols, Jr. lecture on the slave narratives and some sources of the Black Picaresque in biography and fiction at the University of Iowa, March 27, 1970

: Charles H. Nilon lecture in contemporary black fiction at the University of Iowa, May 11, 1970

: Charles V. Hamilton lecture, "American Politics and the Black America: A Comparison of Two Periods, 1945-1960," at the University of Iowa, 1976

: C.J. Zvobgo lecture, "The Liberation Movement in Southern Rhodesia," at the University of Iowa, October 22, 1975

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 28, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 29, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 30, 1970

: Darwin Turner lecture, "Black Drama Since 1953," at the University of Iowa, June 4, 1973

: Darwin Turner lecture, "Survey of Black Literature #18," September 3, 1969

: Darwin Turner lecture, "The Modern Black Novel: Ralph Ellison and Friends," at the University of Iowa, April 28, 1979

: Darwin Turner lectures on Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," 1959-1970

: David L. Lewis lecture, "Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King: Parallels and Contrasts," at the University of Iowa, June 10, 1976

: Dorothy I. Height lecture, "Black Women and Leadership Roles," at the University of Iowa, June 17, 1977

: Edward Margolies lecture, "Richard Wright; His Correspondence," at the University of Iowa, July 19, 1971

: Elechi Amadi lecture, "The Novel in Nigeria," at the University of Iowa, December 3, 1973

: Frank Yerby interview by Darwin Turner, circa 1977

: Harold Cruse lecture, "Afro-American Culture and the Paul Robeson Legend: A Critical Assessment," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1977

: Henry Louis Gates lecture, "Fanon and the Colonial Discourse Theory," at the University of Iowa, March 15, 1990

: Herbert Aptheker lecture, "The Life and Work of W.E.B. DuBois," at the University of Iowa, June 28, 1972

: J. Saunders Redding lecture, "W.E.B. DuBois: Portrait Against Background," at the University of Iowa, June 27, 1972

: James Hill lecture, "Apostasy of Frank Yerby as a Black Protest Writer," and Dolly McPherson lecture, "Maya Angelou and Black women's Autobiography," at the University of Iowa, February 27, 1989

: John H. Bracey, Jr. lecture, "Black Society and Politics, 1845-1860 and 1945-1960," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1976

: Lamont Yeakey lecture, "The Impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott," at the University of Iowa, June 13, 1978

: Lamont Yeakey lecture, "The Impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1978

: Martin Kilson lecture, "Richard Wright's African Phase II," at the University of Iowa, July 30, 1971

: Michel Fabre lecture, "Wright and France: Myths and Realities," at the University of Iowa, July 21, 1971

: Michel Fabre lecture, "Wright and the French Existentialists," at the University of Iowa, July 20, 1971

: Michel Fabre lecture, "Wright's Exile and His Attitude Towards the U.S.," at the University of Iowa, July 22, 1971

: Ralph Ellison lecture, "Richard Wright (Intro to the Seminar)," at the University of Iowa, July 18, 1971

: Rayford Logan lecture, "W.E.B. DuBois and Pan-Africanism," at the University of Iowa, June 29, 1972

: Reverend James Bevel lecture, "Black Power and Non-violence," at the University of Iowa, April 28, 1967

: Richard Bardolph lecture, "The Courts, the Law, and Black Life," at the University of Iowa, June 24, 1975

: Sonia Sanchez lecture, "The Impact of Malcolm X on Black Writers and the Black Arts Movement," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1978

: Sterling Stuckey lecture, "Paul Robeson and Interpretations of Black Leadership," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1977

: Sterling Stuckey lecture, "Perspectives of the Theory and Practice of Black Nationalism: Two Cases," at the University of Iowa, June 4, 1976

: Thomas Cripp's lecture on Blacks in film at the University of Iowa, 1976?

: Toni Cade Bambara lecture, "Black Women as a Political Force," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1978

: Wilfred Cartey lecture, "Wole Soyinka and Derek Walcott," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1973

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Title: The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection
Creator: Turner, Darwin T., 1931-1991
Creator: University of Iowa Afro-American Institute
Date Created: 1960/1991
Description: African American Studies programs proliferated on U.S. college campuses during the 1970s, and the University of Iowa was at the forefront of this newly-emerging discipline thanks largely to the efforts of Darwin Turner, Ph.D. (1931-1991). Audio recordings assembled by Dr. Turner reflect the breadth and depth of the Iowa program, a collection that encompasses what scholars consider the apex of twentieth-century political, literary, and academic thought in this field. The majority of the recordings in the Darwin Turner Audio Collection are lectures from the Institute for Afro-American Culture, given from 1969 to 1978 as part of the Iowa Consortium for Black Studies. They feature a diverse cast of leading scholars in the then new and emerging fields of Black Studies, Afro-American Studies, African American History, Caribbean Studies, etc.; including Julian Bond, Ralph Ellison, Vincent Harding, Arna Bontemps, Val Gray Ward, John Hope Franklin, and Rita Dove among many others. The institutes were held for the benefit of scholarly research projects and additional training for college instructors of Afro-American history and culture. Faculty and programs from several higher education institutions in Iowa participated in the institutes and the Iowa Consortium for Black Studies, including the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa, Des Moines Area Community College, Drake University, Grinnell College, Coe College, St. Ambrose University, and Simpson College.
In addition to the audio recordings, this collection also includes the Darwin T. Turner Papers which contains curriculum vitae, correspondence, texts, bibliographies, photographs of participants, papers from his service in national organizations, his presentations, and his collections of writings by African American authors. Darwin Turner served as the chair of the Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Iowa where he taught from 1971 until his death in 1991. Together, these collections document the development of the African American World Studies Program within the English Department at the University of Iowa.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans
Universities and colleges
African American college students
African American college teachers
Civil rights movements
Subjects: Persons: Turner, Darwin, 1931-1961
Subjects: Corporate Bodies: Institute for Afro-American Culture
University of Iowa
Iowa Consortium for Black Studies
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Subject: Time: 1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
Archival Collection: The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection
Darwin T. Turner Papers
Afro-American Institute Audio Collection
Collection Identifier: RG30.0004.008
RG99.0340
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/1728
Host institution: University of Iowa Libraries. University Archives
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information: Contact the University of Iowa Archives at https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact/
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Still Image
Sound
Item Type (AAT): lectures
reports
posters
newsletters
curricula
résumés (personnel records)
correspondence
fliers (printed matter)
Item Type (IMT): tiff
pdf
mp3