Woman shares story of being first Black female to reside in Drake dorms Share Updated: 10:05 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 Share Updated: 10:05 PM CST Feb 28, 2021
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Show Transcript SCOTT: ELAINE ESTES IS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. SHE CAME TO IOWA AT 16 TO ATTEND DRAKE UNIVERSITY. AND SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO RESIDE IN DRAKE DORMS AND AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY. KCCI’S RHEYA SPIGNER SHARES HER STORY. RHEYA: WALKING THROUGH, I THINK I WANT TO START WITH YOUR JOURNEY COMING FROM MISSOURI TO DRAKE UNIVERSITY.% ELAINE: THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE DORMITORY. MY PARENTS SAID I COULD NOT COME TO SCHOOL HERE AT 16-YEARS-OLD, BECAUSE I HAD TO BE IN THE DORMITORY. RHEYA: TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT FELT LIKE, BEING IN DES MOINES. DID IT SEEM NEUTRAL, DID IT SEEM PROGRESSIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US? ELAINE: WE WERE LATER SURPRISED THAT SOME THINGS WERE NOT AS OPEN AS WE HAD EX
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Phil Shafer, aka Sike Style, owner and lead artist at Sike Style Industries, in front of his Chiefs mural at Tom s Town Distilling Co. in the Crossroads.
Artist Phil Shafer, who s known as Sike Style, has created murals and installations featuring Kansas City Chiefs players across the metro.
When it comes to taking a selfie, artist Phil Shafer says there’s not really a right or wrong way to interact with a mural.
His opinion is timely. Shafer, who also goes by the name Sike Style, works with the Kansas City Chiefs to create colorful murals around the metro. With the Chiefs scheduled to take the field for their second straight Super Bowl on Sunday, lots of fans want to snap photos of themselves in front of those murals featuring Chiefs players in action.
Major Civil Rights Movements in All 50 States
By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News
On 2/6/21 at 10:00 AM EST
A land of contradictions from the outset, the United States was founded by slave owners who spoke passionately and eloquently about liberty, freedom and justice for all. In the beginning, all was limited to men of European ancestry who were wealthy enough to own land. The Constitution s protections did not apply to most of the people living in America for most of America s history at least not in full.
Women about 50 percent of the population were not included in the country s concept of all, likewise millions of slaves and for a long time, their offspring. The descendants of the original inhabitants of the United States were commonly excluded from the promise of America, as were many immigrants, ethnic groups, and religious minorities.