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District unveils 'Freedom Is Beautiful' curriculum book on local African American migration
Summary
The board heard a community‑led presentation on a new third‑grade curriculum book, Freedom Is Beautiful: African American Migration to Iowa in the Civil War Era, produced in partnership with the University of Iowa and local community groups and artists.
Davenport Community School District board members on Jan. 13 were presented with a new curriculum book, Freedom Is Beautiful: African American Migration to Iowa in the Civil War Era, developed with community partners and designed to support place‑based third‑grade instruction.
The presentation described a multi‑year collaboration among the district, the University of Iowa’s Iowa Women’s Archives, the Putnam Museum, LULAC, the NAACP and community historians. Janet Weaver, curator at the University of Iowa Iowa Women’s Archives, said the book follows biographical stories of African Americans who migrated to Iowa in and after the Civil War and that the illustrations were created by local artist…
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