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Contents include but not limited to Des Moines social news of weddings, dinners, and meetings of clubs such as Ioarele, Intellectual Improvement, and M.C.T. Church services featured sermons by Rev. Porter and Rev. Griffith, who was appointed delegate to the Deep Waterways Convention in Chicago. The Negro Lyceum presented a program at St. Paul A.M.E. with remarks by new pastor Rev. Gaines. Editorials praised Commissioner Wesley Ash for appointing Black employees, reported on Dr. Simms’ lecture “What Shall We Do With the Negro?”, and condemned West Virginia’s “Jim Crow” platform. Community reports from Buxton, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Davenport, Burlington, Albia, and Sioux City covered meetings, funerals, and visits, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 15, number 17, September 25, 1908
Date Created:
1908-09-25
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to Des Moines social news of weddings, dinners, and meetings of clubs such as Ioarele, Intellectual Improvement, and M.C.T. Church services featured sermons by Rev. Porter and Rev. Griffith, who was appointed delegate to the Deep Waterways Convention in Chicago. The Negro Lyceum presented a program at St. Paul A.M.E. with remarks by new pastor Rev. Gaines. Editorials praised Commissioner Wesley Ash for appointing Black employees, reported on Dr. Simms’ lecture “What Shall We Do With the Negro?”, and condemned West Virginia’s “Jim Crow” platform. Community reports from Buxton, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Davenport, Burlington, Albia, and Sioux City covered meetings, funerals, and visits, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American churches Religious institutions African American press African Americans--Politics and government African American women--Societies and clubs African American fraternal organizations African American educators Weddings
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:
bystander1908092501
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bn9xb4z
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 15, number 17, September 25, 1908", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bn9xb4z
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