

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sol Butler: An Olympian’s Odyssey through Jim Crow America Author Talk
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Brian Halstoos, Professor of History at the University of Dubuque, to discuss the publishing of his new book, Sol Butler: An Olympian’s Odyssey through Jim Crow America.  The AAMI’s latest exhibit, Rooted: Labor, Land, &amp; Legacy, will open 30 minutes prior to the event for visitors to explore.

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“A superstar in both football and track and field Sol Butler pioneered the parlaying of sports fame into business prosperity. Brian Hallstoos tells the story of a Black athlete’s canny use of mainstream middle-class values and relationships with white society to transcend the athletic, economic, and social barriers imposed by white supremacy. Butler built on his feats as a high school athlete to become a four-year starter for the football team at Dubuque German College (later the University of Dubuque), a record-setting sprinter and long jumper, and an Olympian at the 1920 Summer Games. Hallstoos follows Butler’s sporting accomplishments while charting how family and interracial communities influenced the ways Butler tested the limits of social and physical mobility and gave him an exceptional ability to discern where he might be most free. From there, Hallstoos turns to Butler’s use of fame to boost his entrepreneurial efforts and his multifaceted success capitalizing on his celebrity in the Black communities of Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. An engaging look at a forgotten trailblazer, Sol Butler illuminates the multifaceted life of a Black sports entrepreneur.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cedar-rapids/sol-butler-an-olympian’s-odyssey-through-jim-crow-america-author-talk/200029512644821
- **Event Categories**: sports, art, literary-art, football, business, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cedar Rapids
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401
- **lat**: 41.9686
- **long**: -91.65985
- **full address**: 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: African American Museum of Iowa (https://allevents.in/org/african-american-museum-of-iowa/5091783)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** African American Museum of Iowa
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, art, literary-art, football, business, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sol Butler: An Olympian’s Odyssey through Jim Crow America Author Talk ?
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