Universities & colleges, Law students, Alumni & alumnae, Legal education, Clark, Alexander G., Sr., Clark, Alexander G., Jr., University of Iowa, Old Capitol (Iowa City, Iowa), University of Iowa. College of Law, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1870-1880, Law, feature
Description
Photograph includes Alexander G. Clark Jr. (7th from left, back row). His father, Alexander Clark Sr. was denied entrance to the University of Iowa's law school. He fought to get his son, Alexander G. Clark Jr., admitted. In 1879 Alexander G. Clark Jr. became the first Black person to graduate from that school. The senior Clark became the second Black University of Iowa law graduate in 1884, graduating eighth in a class of 80. Later, father and son practiced in Iowa and Illinois.
Segregation, Civil rights, Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000, Katz Drug Store (Des Moines, Iowa), Iowa. Supreme Court, United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines, 1940-1950
City planning, Land use -- Planning, United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1990-2000
Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps (some color), 30 cm. Includes "Request for qualifications for a development team for the Peninsula Neighborhood in Iowa City, Iowa."
Peace movements, Draft, College chaplains, Civil rights movements, Simpson, Roger, Melrose Daycare Center (Iowa City, Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 1970-1980
Authors, Writing, Shelter House (Iowa City, Iowa), United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, 2010-2020
Description
In this second of what will be an annual event, writers from the Community Stories Writing Workshop at The Iowa City Shelter House read from a collection of their work. Members read from a newly collected edition of their work that Prairie Lights is publishing. Hear The Shelter House Community Writers share their remarkable stories.
Women's suffrage, Priests, Women, Schools, Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission, Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, United States Iowa, United States Iowa Des Moines, 1910-1920
Women's suffrage, Women, Taxes, Business & finance, Men, Organizations, Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, United States Iowa Dubuque, United States Iowa Des Moines, 1910-1920
