CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (October 13, 2025) — The African American Museum of Iowa will unveil a new exhibit, Rooted: Labor, Land, and Legacy.
This exhibit celebrates the role farming plays in Black resiliency and activism.
Farming has played a significant role in Black communities’ struggles and triumphs for economic independence, cultural preservation, and self-determination.
Visitors will learn how Black farmers, nationwide and in Iowa, are turning to agriculture as a way to reclaim land, promote sustainability, and address environmental and economic inequalities.
This exhibit will open October 17, 2025 and will close August 8, 2026. For Museum hours and admission, visit blackiowa.org.
About AAMI: The African American Museum of Iowa is a statewide museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting, and teaching Iowa’s African American history. As Iowa’s leading educational resource on the topic, we educate more than 30,000 people each year through in-person and virtual museum tours, traveling exhibits, research services, youth and adult education programs, and community and fundraising events.
