Racial Justice

Harvey joins the program to talk about her new book, Anti-Racism As Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities and Help Create a Just World.

This year’s Iowa Artist series at the Des Moines Art Center features the work of b. Robert Moore. The Des Moines-based artist dissects the American experience through a racial, social, spiritual and deeply personal lens in his new exhibit “In Loving Memory.” It’s on display through Oct. 20.

The African American Museum of Iowa is reopening after an 18-month, $5 million renovation

Dave Markward spent the last five years interviewing, researching and writing his book From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond, My Journey to Understanding Race in America

Charity Nebbe speaks with the creator of "The 1619 Project" Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Organizers of the MLK NOW event discuss challenges Black Iowans face and how to address them. And Brian Lehrer offers a Home State View of frontrunner Donald Trump.

Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for his novel about a young enslaved woman who escapes a Georgia plantation on a literal train to freedom.

Susie Clark: The Bravest Girl You've Ever Seen tells the story of the 13-year-old girl and her family who desegregated Iowa schools nearly a century before Brown v. The Board of Education.

Acclaimed Iowa author Paul Kix discusses his book about the 1963 Birmingham campaign, You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live.

Center Street was the main business and entertainment district for Black residents in Des Moines through the early to mid-1900s.