Tuskegee Airmen Break Barriers in Iowa Panel
The Tuskegee Airmen, 1000 trained pilots in World War II, faced segregation but proved their equality. Panelists James Bowman Ed Harris and Russell Collins spoke at the African American Historical Museum in Iowa about crossing racial lines, training challenges, and missing combat deployment. Bowman, 80, Des Moines native, recalled Jim Crow and segregation. Harris and Collins, both Cedar Rapids area residents, discussed barriers faced during training era. Contact line included.
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Tuskegee Airmen
U.S. Air Force
James Bowman
Bowman
Iowa
Des Moines
Ed Harris
Russell Collins
Tuskegee
Harris
Collins
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein council member serves nation while in office
Iowa Army National Guard staff sergeant Rex Ericson deployed May 12 to Fort Carson Colorado and plans to join July 14 council meeting via real time Internet access. He has served on the City Council since January 2002 and says constituents accept his duty while he uses technology to work around his schedule. He expects six months away in the Sinai Peninsula with training in Colorado and will keep up with emails and agendas.
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Council
Ericson
Murphy
Sinai Peninsula
Colorado
Oelwein
Freedom Festival Weekend Activities Kick Off Today
The event features Fly Iowa 2003 at Eastern Iowa Airport from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. An AIHA horse show runs at Kirkwood Equestrian Center and Kirkwood Community College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dolls on Parade at Ushers Ferry Village 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission varies with discounts for festival buttons.
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Cameron Mcdwinkle
Marion
North Linn High School
FFA
Troy Mills
Cameron
Nic Peiffer
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Blvd
Ushers Ferry
Seminole Valley Trail
Ballpark
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Ellis Park
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
ISU Launches Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Abroad Program
Iowa State University will pair faculty and students with rural communities in developing nations to ease hunger and poverty. The Sustainable Rural Livelihoods program, funded by the Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture, focuses on agriculture, malnutrition, health, and small business via community collaboration.
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AMES
Iowa State University
Wallace
Lorna Michael Butler
ISU
Butler
Iowa State
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McLeod /Busse IMAX
Dome Theatre
First Street
Lowa
Arjay
Blairs Ferry Rd
Council St
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