Black Cultural Center

The Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center embodies a rich historical legacy of the African American and the African disapora at Grinnell College. The BCC is an inclusive education center deeply rooted in equity and social justice, racial identity, political empowerment and student success. The Kimbo Black Cultural center is recognized as one of the 100 most active black cultural centers in the nation according to The Association of Black Cultural Centers. The BCC serves the community as a great place to enjoy friends, host events, study, and relax from the rigors of the classroom. The Kimbo Black Cultural Center honors the memory of the distinguished educator Conney M. Kimbo who served as Grinnell's dean of student affairs from 1970-73.

The house was owned in the earlier part of the century by Grinnell businessman Frederic Morrison of the Class of 1901. It was later the family home of Robert Noyce when the scientist-entrepreneur's father, Rev. Ralph B. Noyce, was associate superintendent of the Congregational Christian Conference of Iowa in the late 1930s and 1940s.