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Associated Press - November 10, 2009 2:34 PM ET
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Waterloo's West High School, its renovated auditorium will be rededicated with a memorial to the slain civil rights leader.
A bust of King sculpted by Waterloo native John Jago and built into the podium he spoke at will be unveiled Sunday. Jago will unveil the bust, which is 1-1/2 times life-size, before it is placed in the foyer.
West Principal Gail Moon says civil rights activist Anna Mae Weems, who brought King to Iowa, will speak during the ceremony, which will showcase the school's band, choir, orchestra and drama students.
Moon says the memorial is "designed around commemorating a significant person in a moment in time." The auditorium will retain its name. It was named after Edgar W. Kersenbrock, who was a West vice principal.
Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, http://www.wcfcourier.com
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