Human Rights Education Institute's MLK Gala is Tuesday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort
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Displays honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black and African Americans are part of the Black History Month exhibit up at the Human Rights Education Institute through March 8. The nonprofit's MLK Gala is Tuesday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Education Institute
Images of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana at the height of desegregation, and Benjamin O. Davis Sr., the first Black general in the American military, are on display at the Human Rights Education Institute for Black History Month.
Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Education Institute
COEUR d'ALENE — The Human Rights Education Institute will honor the legacy and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the MLK Gala at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
This was an annual event has been brought back following a six-year hiatus. It was postponed to February so the presidential inauguration and celebration of King would both receive their necessary recognition as they landed on the same day this year, HREI Executive Director Jeanette Laster said Thursday.
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