More Than Just a Game, Discrimination in Sports in Iowa

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Date/Time:Tuesday, 09 Oct 2018 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Location:Ames Public Library
Cost:Free
URL:https://www.amessmithsonian.org/
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Phone:515-232-3472
Channel:Student Engagement
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Iowa's athletes have long impacted their teams, communities and sports they played, but African Americans did so while facing off against more than just the opposing team. They fought for the right to equal treatment on and off the field. Highlighting people such as Iowan and Olympian Thomas Hill, Drake University athlete Johnny Bright and his effect on the football helmet, and members of the Buxton Wonders, Iowa's Negro Leagues team.

Join the African American Museum of Iowa at the Ames Public Library for More Than Just A Game, A Smithsonian Hometown Teams Exhibit Speaker Series.

"Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America" is part of Museum on Main Street, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, state humanities councils across the nation, and local host institutions. Locally, the exhibit is sponsored by the Ames Convention and Visitor's Bureau community grant, Ames Tribune, City of Ames, Hunziker Realty, Hunziker Property Management. HCS Builders, Iowa State University Athletics Department, Mediacom, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

Hosting Locations: Octagon Center for the Arts, ISU Design on Main, Ames Historical Society, Ames Public Library, Little Woods Herbs & Teas.