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Contents include but not limited to Des Moines club meetings, funerals, and musical entertainments, including the Hope, Faith and Charity Club’s program at Maple Street Baptist. The Negro Lyceum hosted papers on literary training, while the Intellectual Improvement Club held a Dunbar memorial. The K.P. and Calanthe Court honored Supreme Chancellor Starks with services. Odd Fellows held their annual sermon and reception. A general mass meeting called for a vigilance committee to support law enforcement. Editorials denounced Southern attacks on Black suffrage and local newspapers’ incendiary race rhetoric, while political clubs prepared for the June primaries, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 14, number 50, May 15, 1908
Date Created:
1908-05-15
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to Des Moines club meetings, funerals, and musical entertainments, including the Hope, Faith and Charity Club’s program at Maple Street Baptist. The Negro Lyceum hosted papers on literary training, while the Intellectual Improvement Club held a Dunbar memorial. The K.P. and Calanthe Court honored Supreme Chancellor Starks with services. Odd Fellows held their annual sermon and reception. A general mass meeting called for a vigilance committee to support law enforcement. Editorials denounced Southern attacks on Black suffrage and local newspapers’ incendiary race rhetoric, while political clubs prepared for the June primaries, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American churches Religious institutions African American women--Societies and clubs Obituaries African Americans--Politics and government Fraternal organizations African American press Race discrimination
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
Newspapers
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Related Resource:
Library of Congress Control Number: sn83025186
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander1908051501
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9st7f54x
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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"Iowa state bystander. volume 14, number 50, May 15, 1908", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9st7f54x
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