Tag Archives: African Americans

Coming Up: Ricki King on Iowa’s Black Pioneers!

Posted on August 25, 2023 by SCblogger

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 9th, when the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society (SCIGS) and the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center present a talk by Ricki King on “Iowa’s Black Pioneers.” King, a credentialed genealogist and professional researcher specializing in … Continue reading →

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The Sepia Record, 1944

Posted on February 28, 2023 by SCblogger

With thanks to our friends at the Friends of MLK, [1] the RSSC Center has recently acquired a copy of a publication that gives new insight into an understanding of the WWII-era Black community in the Quad-Cities. To celebrate Black … Continue reading →

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Interactive Map: Davenport’s Early Black Community

Posted on January 20, 2023 by SCblogger

One of our favorite resources is accession 2004-67: African American residential patterns in Davenport, Iowa. Compiled by Craig R. Klein of Scott Community College, the collection consists of photocopied maps showing African American residential patterns in Davenport, Iowa in 1867, … Continue reading →

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“Last Seen” and the Black Community in Davenport

Posted on August 20, 2022 by SCblogger

A valuable resource for discovering more details about the families of Davenport’s post-Civil War Black community is Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, an online database of advertisements “placed in newspapers across the United States (and beyond) by formerly enslaved … Continue reading →

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Women’s Work

Posted on March 28, 2022 by SCblogger

In celebration of Women’s History Month 2022, we continue our investigation of Davenporter Albert Nuckols’ extended family, this time with a focus on its women members. Nuckols arrived in Davenport in 1854 as a single parent, his wife Anna having … Continue reading →

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Caregivers of Color in Davenport

Posted on February 19, 2022 by SCblogger

In celebration of this year’s Black History Month theme, “Black Health and Wellness,” we tell the stories of three African American healthcare providers who practiced in Davenport: General Houston, Charles William Bates, and Robert Shannon Taylor, M.D. We have elsewhere … Continue reading →

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