Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

Hometown Teams – More Than Just a Game: African American Athletes in Iowa

Since the late nineteenth century, African Americans have participated in a variety of sports and contributed in profound ways to Iowa’s sporting culture. African Americans experienced severe discrimination in sports as in other activities, but fought long and hard to overcome racism.

In Iowa, they frequently used achievement in sports as a way to come together as a community. These countless narratives both on and off the court, field, and ring, remind us of the broader struggle for civil rights in America.

Presented by the African American Museum of Iowa

This is one of 10 events scheduled while the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” exhibit is in Mt Vernon, Iowa.

Free

Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

From the Pressbox – An Eastern Iowa Sports Media Panel

The Uptown Theatre, First Street Community Center The Uptown Theatre, 221 First Street NE, Mount Vernon, IA, United States

Moderated by Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun’s Margaret Stevens and featuring John Campbell, Mark Dukes, Crystal Eskelsen, Ron Gonder, Jeff Linder, and JR Odgen, this panel will explore Eastern Iowa Sports stories of the last quarter century through moderator and audience questions.

Smithsonian’s ‘Hometown Teams’

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” comes to Mount Vernon from March 18 to April 28, 2018.

Free

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