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Contents include but not limited to Des Moines community updates, including club meetings, graduations, funerals, and church entertainments. Four young African American women May Tolliver, Adah Hyde, Lettie Carey, and Bessie Reeves were honored among the first graduates of the city’s consolidated school system. The Negro Lyceum featured an original musical composition by Prof. Warricks. Preparations advanced for the Women’s Federation in Buxton and the upcoming Western Negro Press Association convention in Des Moines. Editorials urged respectability and industry in response to racial violence and highlighted Black citizens’ pledge to assist law enforcement, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 14, number 51, May 22, 1908
Date Created:
1908-05-22
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to Des Moines community updates, including club meetings, graduations, funerals, and church entertainments. Four young African American women May Tolliver, Adah Hyde, Lettie Carey, and Bessie Reeves were honored among the first graduates of the city’s consolidated school system. The Negro Lyceum featured an original musical composition by Prof. Warricks. Preparations advanced for the Women’s Federation in Buxton and the upcoming Western Negro Press Association convention in Des Moines. Editorials urged respectability and industry in response to racial violence and highlighted Black citizens’ pledge to assist law enforcement, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American churches Religious institutions African American women--Societies and clubs African American press African Americans--Politics and government Obituaries Fraternal organizations Race relations
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:
bystander1908052201
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9p55dr2x
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 51, May 22, 1908", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9p55dr2x
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