In Class MLK Lessons Echo Civil Rights Struggles
Three teachers describe how their own civil rights era experiences enhance King lessons. Wright recalls 1968 assassination and segregation in Waterloo shaping his approach. Fishwild shares labor-movement roots and early human rights insights. Diaz-Doolin links personal history to student accountability and empowerment with NAACP family ties.
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Iowa
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Wright
Waterloo
Martin Luther King
Fishwild
Washington
Cedar Rapids honors imam for community integration work
Selim, vice president of the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County, receives a community service award as MLK Day events at St. Pauls in Cedar Rapids highlight diversity. Akwi Nji leads a spoken word workshop followed by a meal and award ceremony, with emphasis on unity and addressing injustice.
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Selim
Inter- Religious Council
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Akwi Nji
St. Paul’s
Third Ave
Pulse
Islamic Center
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Inter-Religious Council
King
Nji
Barack Obama
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Hassan Selim
Islamic Center of
Prophet Muhammad
Coe College
Inter-Religious Council of
Percy and Lileah Harris
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Martin Luther King Jr
Demonstration Rescheduled in Cedar Rapids for Feb 5
The Iowa Justice Alliance moves a solidarity gathering to 2 p.m. February 5 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cedar Rapids to urge reforms in investigation and prosecution of officer involved shootings. Speakers remain set led by organizer Anna Sheetz with Jerime Mitchell case cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Justice Alliance
Mount Zion
C Ave
Anna Sheetz
Jerime Mitchell
Lucas Jones
Jones
Linn County
MLK events light up Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
A schedule of MLK Day activities across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City includes arts and crafts for cancer patients at Gems of Hope, Wounded Warrior letter writing, Coe College Open Mic on social justice, Rotary luncheon honoring eight students, a civil rights talk at Mount Mercy University, film screening at Cedar Rapids Public Library, Dr King legacy programs at Grant Wood Elementary, a two site day of service with item donations, a Luther College lecture on felon disenfranchisement, and veteran aid sessions at Coe College and Willis Dady Shelter.
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Gems of Hope
Lynch Room
Lower Gage Union
Coe
P.U.B
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Chapel of Mercy
Busse Center
Mount Mercy University
Elmhurst Dr
Zachary Williams
University of Akron
Ohio
Institute of the Black World 21St Century
United States
David Butts
Dbutts
Mtmercy
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Fifth Ave
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Iowa City Human Rights Commission
Black Voices Project
Dream Center
Johnson County
United Action For Youth
Martin Luther King Jr
Raquishia Harrington
Raquishia-Harrington
Ncjc.org
Willis Dady
Ashley Glassberg
Aglassberg
Coe.edu
Holli Ericson
Willisdady.org
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Alabama
Jennifer Fishwild
Washington High
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Diaz-Doolin
NAACP
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Thegazette
Makayla
Tendall
Yemen
Facebook
Michaela.ramm
Service
Hilton Hotel
Rotary Club
Melvina Scott
McHsi
DR. King
Grant Wood
Lakeside Dr
Iowa City
Shelter House
Iowa Memorial Union
N. Madison St
Charlotte Brown
Charlotte-Brown
Uiowa
Uiowa.edu
Walders
Luther College
College Drive
Decorah
Carly Hayden Foster
Luther
MLK Day OF Service Veteran & Homelessness Resource Fair
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