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Black Cedar Rapids residents discuss progress and prejudice
The piece profiles Tracy Harelson Susan Brooks and Glynn Jones and others in Cedar Rapids exploring how life for black residents has changed. It notes population growth from 1948 to 1980, rising civil rights complaints, stereotypes, dating tensions, workplace bias, and efforts like Construction Associates to create minority business opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Kueter
Tracy Harelson
Wright School
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood School
Susan Brooks
Susan
Tracy
Washington High School
Glynn Jones
Wilson Foods
Jones
Iowa
Criss
Marshall Perkins
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Floyd Jones
Commission
Walter R. Mason III
12Th Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
Gail Maddox
Washington
Mason
Linda Morris
Merchants National Bank
Morris
Carol Bernard
Tyler School
Bernard
Walter Mason
Mason’s
Five Seasons
Charlie Pride
Ron West
Dean Price
Gary Strode
Coe College
Construction Associates
3Rd St
Strode
Price