

# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  Book Matters event with Ashley Howard - Midwest Unrest (in conversation with Louise Seamster)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This event is sponsored by Book Matters of the University of Iowa. The following is copied from https://stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu/event/35948/0:

Join us for a reading and discussion to celebrate Ashley Howard, assistant professor of history and African American studies, and her new book, Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement.

Howard will read a selection from her new book and then join Louise Seamster, associate professor of sociology and criminology and African American studies, for a conversation and audience Q&amp;A. This event is free and open to the public.

“Ashley Howard confronts head-on the myth that the Midwest is 'too nice for racism.' Her unpacking of the causes of urban uprisings and their impact on current-day race relations will resonate from the Midwest to the Rust Belt and beyond.” —Nikki Brown, author of Private Politics and Public Voices: Black Women’s Activism from World War I to the New Deal

This Book Matters event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Stanley Museum of Art, and Prairie Lights. Light refreshments will follow the reading.

Thursday, February 26, 2026 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
160 West Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA 52242
Ashley Peterson-DeLuca
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Ashley Howard earned a PhD in History from the University of Illinois. Her research interests include African Americans in the Midwest; the intersection between race, class, and gender; and the global history of racial violence. Her book Midwest Unrest:  1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement analyzes the 1960s urban uprisings in the Midwest, grounded in the way race, class, gender, and region played critical and overlapping roles in defining resistance to racialized oppression.  She is currently researching her second book project which investigates the relationship between anti-Black racial violence, memory, and public history. Dr. Howard's work has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, BBC World News Hour, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, Washington Post and NPR. Her "Then the Burnings Began" article is the winner of the 2018 James L. Sellers Memorial Prize.

Louise Seamster is a sociologist whose research examines contemporary mechanisms for the reproduction of racial and economic inequality. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the program of African American Studies at the University of Iowa. She is also a Research Fellow in the Social and Education Policy Research Program at the University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center, and a former Nonresident Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art
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- **full address**: University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, 160 W Burlington St, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States

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- **organizer**: Prairie Lights Bookstore (https://allevents.in/org/prairie-lights-bookstore/20963808)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, 160 W Burlington St, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Prairie Lights Bookstore
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Sports, Art, Workshops, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about  Book Matters event with Ashley Howard - Midwest Unrest (in conversation with Louise Seamster) ?
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