MASON CITY – On Monday, February 11, 2013, Tenika Johnson, Historian at the African American Museum of Iowa located in Cedar Rapids, will present a free program for adults on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Iowa. The program will be held at 6:30pm in the library classroom adjacent to the Library Commons.
The museum is also providing a traveling exhibit on Iowa Civil Rights which will be on display in the reading room of the library adjacent to the Main Circulation Desk. This will remain on display during Black History Month from February 11 to February 21, 2013.
For more information on this program, contact the Mason City Public Library at 641.421.3668 or email librarian@mcpl.org. For more information on the African American Museum, visit their website at www.blackiowa.org.
