Dave Gradwohl, ISU Archeologist, gives a history of the Black coal mining town of Buxton and how the Des Moines Buxton club kept its former residents connected through the generations after the mine closed in 1920.
Jumping a century ahead, Al Womble tells about how Iowa organizations and individuals provided for the tenants of low-income Crestwood apartments in Davenport when they were evicted in August 2021 so the owner could demolish the building for high-end lofts.
Ursula Ruedenberg and Ron Latson talked in 2014 with people in the Ames Black Community and KHOI about their experiences in Ames.
Originally broadcast 02/23/2022