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Rehab tells a story about fighting employment discrimination at Wal-Mart. She convinced her local Wal-Mart to hire her despite their misconstrued belief of what she was and was not capable of as a Muslim woman. With the belief that she can fight for…

In this vignette, I ask Qing about why and how she composed a piece about water. She tells me that the ocean was something she longed for as a kid. Armed with images of water from TV shows, movies, and books, she tried to compose a piece about the…

A group of musicians play in the Iowa City Community Band for the Fourth of July parade, with a focus on a trombonist.

A member of Coralville's American Legion Post 721 carries a rifle in the Fourth of July parade.

A group of people dressed in aloha shirts sit atop a float decorated to look like a beach. The float's theme is Winter Wonderland in Hawaii.

A parade float for Cost Cutters decorated with red and white streamers and balloons.

A parade float decorated like a train going through snow in the Fourth of July parade. The float is representing the Country Kitchen restaurant.

Members of the Iowa City's Kaaba Shrine ride camel wheels in the Fourth of July parade.

A child sits atop a bike on a parade float with the theme Ride the Tide.

People dressed in reindeer antlers, along with one person wearing the top half of a Santa Claus costume, ride a parade float for The Advertiser.

My interview with Celine was filled with laughter but also quite a few somber moments. Between hearing she was named after Celine Dion and how she wants to make Coralville’s nickname “the ville,” she told me stories about being a care-taker for then…

This was my second time interviewing Omega Dancel. The first was for another oral history project that aimed to capture the stories of Asian American students and alumni at the University of Iowa that you can find here. In that first interview with…

A man rollerblades beside a parade float. He's wearing a shirt that says, "Ride the tide with Coralville pride," which matches the "Ride the Tide" theme of the float beside him.

Ricky Wells drives a toy fire engine in the Fourth of July parade, July 4, 1995

Two people dressed in winter coats pass out candy from a float adorned with flags, holiday decorations, and a snowmobile to follow the parade's theme - It's a 4th of July Winter Wonderland.

Children skating with the Old Capitol Skaters Alliance & Ice Hockey group in the Fourth of July parade.

A person wears a Santa beard in the spirit of the parade theme It's a 4th of July Winter Wonderland.

A US Bank employee passes out candy in the Fourth of July parade.

State Representative Dick Myers rides a motorcycle in the Fourth of July parade.

Children dressed patriotically sit next to a giant can of Tecate beer on a parade float.