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Contents include but not limited to a Supreme Court ruling sending six local officers to prison for failing to protect a Black prisoner and allowing a mob to lynch him, with dissenting opinions criticizing racial discrimination, a revival lecture by Father Ed Willett urging study of Black history and uplift, local literary societies selecting representatives for an interstate association and social events with music and dancing, reports of trials and convictions including a sheriff held for contempt and courtroom scenes, widespread accidents and fatalities from train and automobile incidents, floods and explosions causing homelessness and damage, labor actions and calls for strikes, a successful Black savings and loan bank in Savannah, church activities and appointments, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 24, November 19, 1909
Date Created:
1909-11-19
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to a Supreme Court ruling sending six local officers to prison for failing to protect a Black prisoner and allowing a mob to lynch him, with dissenting opinions criticizing racial discrimination, a revival lecture by Father Ed Willett urging study of Black history and uplift, local literary societies selecting representatives for an interstate association and social events with music and dancing, reports of trials and convictions including a sheriff held for contempt and courtroom scenes, widespread accidents and fatalities from train and automobile incidents, floods and explosions causing homelessness and damage, labor actions and calls for strikes, a successful Black savings and loan bank in Savannah, church activities and appointments, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Civil rights Judicial review Lynching Religious institutions Community organization Accidents Natural disasters Labor movement African American churches Public safety
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:
bystander1909111901
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kw57s52
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 16, number 24, November 19, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kw57s52
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