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Black History Ball showcases Iowa art and voices in jazz
The UI Stanley Museum of Art displayed seven works exploring Global Black visual narratives as poet Donika Kelly performed an original piece. Ashley Howard urged amplifying Black Midwestern identities while Jazz Studies professors led a live band and attendees engaged in a fundraiser for the Underground Railroad initiative.
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UI Stanley Museum of Art
Derek Nnuro
Ho Che Anderson
Martin Luther King Jr
Donika Kelly
Arkansas
Ashley Howard
Vincent Harding
Malcolm X
Aaron Douglas
Prince
Iowa
Midwest
Howard
Iowa Senior Center
Iowa City
Groovers
Underground
Free States
Canada
Amir Prelsberg
Liz Carson
University of Iowa
Stanley Museum of Art