(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA) – In partnership with the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission and the Cedar Rapids Public Library, the African American Museum of Iowa will present “The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” at 3:00pm on Monday January 18, 2015. Museum Educator Krystal Gladden will put the work of Dr. King into the context of the incredible and vicious opposition to desegregation that ran rampant throughout the United States, especially in the south. Dr. King's work inspired hundreds and thousands of people, both young and old, to brave defamation and police brutality to join the Civil Rights movement and incite change.
At 3:45pm the AAMI will screen the film “The Children’s March.” The film details events leading up to Dr. King’s Birmingham March. In May 1963, hundreds of children—some as young as six years old—protested and faced police dogs, fire hoses and arrest, to march against segregation. Managing editor Kim Lawton looks at the march's legacy and interviews some of those who marched as children, including University of Maryland, Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski.
The presentation and documentary are most appropriate for children 10 and up, parental guidance recommended.
Admission to the museum is included with an at-will donation.
For more information on this or other programs, please visit the AAMI website at www.blackiowa.org or call 319-862-2101. The AAMI is open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and is located at 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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