Title Invisible Hawkeyes : African Americans at the University of Iowa during the long civil rights era / edited by Lena M. Hill and Michael D. Hill

Published Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction : "Hidden Names and Complex Fates : Black Students Who Integrated the University of Iowa" / Lena Hill -- Testimonial #1: Iowa Was One More Step Toward My Future / Lois Eichaker -- Excellent Work and Superior Traits of Personality : Composing An Integrated Music Department / Brian Hallstoos -- Testimonial #2: A Different Kind of Beauty / Dora Martin Berry -- Elizabeth Catlett and Iowa, 1937-1940 / Kathleen A. Edwards -- Testimonial #3: Going the Distance / Ted Wheeler -- Staging Authentic African American Character : Regionalism, Race, and UI Theatre / Lena Hill -- Testimonial #4: The Two-Edged Sword / Don Tucker -- Obscured Traditions : Black Workshoppers, 1940-1965 / Michael Hill -- Testimonial #5: I Never Thought of Myself as An Outsider / Dianna Penny -- Tireless Partners and Skilled Competitors : Seeing UI's Black Male Athletes, 1934-1960 / Richard M. Breaux -- Testimonial #6: Launched Towards the Brass Ring / Al Jarreau -- Conclusion : An Indivisible Legacy : Iowa and the Conscience of Democracy / Michael Hill Summary "Between the 1930s and 1960s, the University of Iowa sought to assert its modernity, cosmopolitanism, and progressivism through an increased emphasis on the fine and performing arts and athletics. This enhancement coincided with a period when an increasing number of African American students arrived at the university, from both within and outside of the state, seeking to take advantage of its relatively liberal racial relations and rising artistic prestige. The presence of accomplished African American students performing in musical concerts, participating in visual art exhibitions, acting on stage, publishing literature, and competing on sports fields forced white students, instructors, and administrators to confront their undeniable intellect and talent. Unlike the work completed in traditional academic units, these students' contributions to the university community were highly visible and burst beyond the walls of their individual units and primary spheres of experience to reach a much larger audience on campus and in the city and nation beyond the university's boundaries. By examining the quieter collisions between Iowa's polite midwestern progressivism and African American students' determined ambition, Invisible Hawkeyes focuses attention on both local stories and their national implications. By looking at the University of Iowa and a smaller midwestern college town like Iowa City, this collection reveals how fraught moments of interracial collaboration, meritocratic advancement, and institutional insensitivity deepen our understanding of America's painful conversion into a diverse republic committed to racial equality. SUBJECTS COVERED Edison Holmes Anderson, George Overall Caldwell, Elizabeth Catlett, Fanny Ellison, Oscar Anderson Fuller, Michael Harper, James Alan McPherson, Herbert Franklin Mells, Herbert Nipson, Thomas Pawley, William Oscar Smith, Mitchell Southall, Margaret Walker CONTRIBUTORS Dora Martin Berry, Richard M. Breaux, Kathleen A. Edwards, Lois Eichaker, Brian Hallstoos, Lena M. Hill, Michael D. Hill, Dianna Penny, Donald W. Tucker, Ted Wheeler"-- Provided by publisher Notes Includes index Print version record Subject University of Iowa -- History -- 20th century University of Iowa -- Students -- Biography SUBJECT University of Iowa fast Subject African American college students -- Iowa -- History -- 20th century African American college students -- Iowa -- Biography African Americans -- Civil rights -- Iowa -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Iowa -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. EDUCATION -- Higher. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) African American college students African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Students Iowa Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Hill, Lena M., editor Hill, Michael D., 1971- editor. ISBN 9781609384425 1609384423

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