Former Residents Recall the Challenges of Leaving Buxton, Iowa in the 1920s

In the early 1900s, Buxton, Iowa was a booming coal town with first class amenities for its residents. As the coal in Buxton, Iowa ran out in the mid-1920s, the town’s residents were forced to find work elsewhere. These former residents quickly found life outside of Buxton to be an unwelcome dose of reality for African-Americans. This segment from the "Searching for Buxton" documentary features accounts from former Buxton residents.
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Searching for Buxton was produced for Iowa Public Television by the Communication Research Institute of William Penn University.