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Speakers and award recipients stand together on stage and sing "We Shall Overcome" at the end of the Ames/Story County Community MLK Day 2025 Celebration, Ames City Hall Auditorium, Jan. 20, 2025.

PHOTOS: Ames MLK Day 2025 Celebration

Jacob Rice, Visual Editor
January 20, 2025
Guest columnist Walter Suza reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Suza: Silence perpetuates harm in the world

Walter Suza, Guest Columnist
January 15, 2024
Ames City Hall.

March commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the Fair Housing Act set for Monday

Ashtyn Perrin
April 22, 2018
An exhibit in the National Civil Rights Museum illuminates Martin Luther King Jr.'s signature on a prison wall. The museum, which is housed at the Lorraine Motel, where King was shot, is located in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cyclones honor MLK through Twitter

Trevor Knabach
January 15, 2018
Meeker Elementary school students sing during the MLK Celebration program at the Ames Middle School Jan. 23. Over 100 children sang "Martin Luther King" together at the celebration.

9 PHOTOS: Ames community members celebrate Martin Luther King. Jr. day.

January 23, 2017
Students spread their arms to show that they are all in reach of a cause. Alisha Gordon, keynote speaker, discussed societal change during the annual 2016 MLK Legacy Convocation.

Students, staff awarded at MLK ceremony

Alex Connor
January 22, 2016

Iowa State to celebrate MLK through lecture

Eric Wirth
January 21, 2016
James Bailey, CEO of Operation Hope and keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. 2015 Legacy Convocation, gives a speech about Iowa's contribution to the civil rights movement. The 2015 Legacy Convocation took place Jan. 22 in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

City of Ames to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Ashley Green
January 15, 2016

Letter to the Editor: Western world’s “appalling silence” will prove detrimental for Syria

Nahedh Alsayed Sulaiman Des Moines, Iowa, Isu Alumnus
January 24, 2014

Editorial: MLK Jr. day should be remembered, celebrated

Isd Editorial Staff
January 21, 2014
Katrina Williams reads to Lucy (left) and Georgia (right) during the Ames Community Celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Ames Middle School on Jan. 20. Williams is originally from Atlanta and has previously worked with King's sister Christine King Ferris. She comes to the community celebration each year to share King's story and message.

Iowa State Dean of Students gives keynote at community MLK celebration

Greg Zwiers
January 21, 2014
The Sun Room of the Memorial Union was nearly full on Jan. 24 as crowds gathered to listen to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Convocation. The theme was "The Beloved Community: Education and Equality in Action."

ISU inspired to take action: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Convocation

Daniel Bush
January 24, 2013
The Second Amendment states: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Snell: How to be an American: Support the Second Amendment too

Barry Snell
April 24, 2012

Author uses wit, humor to explore ‘Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?’

Kiana, Roppe
February 2, 2012

State Gym hosts intramural basketball tournament in honor of MLK Day

Emily Hejlik
January 16, 2012

Editorial: ‘I Have a Dream’ should not be copyrighted

Editorial Board
September 6, 2011
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