MLK Quiz Highlights Civil Rights Leadership and Legacy
Emily Hess compiles a Martin Luther King Jr. Day quiz testing knowledge of nonviolent resistance, key events, organizations, and figures in the modern civil rights movement. The piece notes King’s role in advancing the Declaration of Independence promises and his use of Christian nonviolence.
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America
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
King
Ashbrook Center
Ashland University
Ohio
A. Bayard Austin B. Martin Luther King Jr
Bob Moses
D. Rosa Parks
A. Naacp
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
B. Core
Congress of Racial Equality
C. Sncc
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
D. Sclc
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali
Nation of Islam
Communist Party
Community letters critique national campaign spending
Cedar Rapids reader Pat McElliott accuses a political convention of using taxpayer dollars for Air Force One and security while urging unity to counter Republican deregulation and attacks on workers, environment, voting rights, and education funding.
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Secret Service
Pat McElliott
Cedar Rapids
Nowa
Big Ag
Educa
Barb Kalbach Issues Call to Action in Iowa Politics
Barb Kalbach of CCI Action urges residents to oppose big-money GOP plans in Iowa. She cites tax cuts for business and infrastructure cuts while promising to put people before profits and polluters this legislative session. Contact (515) 282-0484 to join.
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Iowa
Donald Trump
GOP
CCI Action
Comforting fictions in Harsanyi critique of Obama's farewell
David Harsanyi argues that Obama's farewell speech and broader presidency miscast progressivism as national duty and portrays a functional Congress. He claims voters chose equilibrium and defends the Electoral College while labeling Obama a revisionist truth teller. Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist.
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Denver
Obama
Congress
Washington, D.C
David Harsanyi
the Federalist
Moore reflects on HHS role and region wide health gains
Stephene Moore, regional HHS director, recounts overseeing health and social service programs in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. She cites grants totaling 33.35 billion for 2015 16, highlights expanded access to care, 56 new clinics since 2012, and uninsured rate declines while urging continued support for protections and coverage.
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Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Joplin
Iola
Kan
St. Louis
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Obama
HHS
Congress
Winston Churchill
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