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Honoring Black History: Ghosts of the softball field

(KCAU) — Sioux City’s own, “Sioux City Ghosts” softball team entertained crowds from Iowa to the west coast, Canada and Mexico from 1925 to 1956. They were dubbed the “Harlem Globetrotters” of softball.

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Uncovering the influential legacy of Black women in Sioux City

Sioux City Journal - "With February being Black History Month, I wanted to spotlight the role that Black women have had in Sioux City.” - Jim Tillman

The free, open to the public presentation will also include a discussion with a panel of Black Siouxland women that will be moderated by Briar Cliff University (BCU) Social Work Professor Margarite Hardnett Reinert.

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Hunting the past: Sioux Cityans to exhibit rare 'Hell Creek' dinosaur fossils at public museum

Sioux City Journal - Tail and femur bones of the ostrich-like Struthiomimus, a frill from a Triceratops and the complete upper skull of a new dragonesque-dinosaur species are among the rare fossils visitors to the Sioux City Public Museum will see in the upcoming exhibit "Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek."

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