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Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaperfrom Des Moines, covering community news, civil rights battles, education achievements, church activities, social events, and national updates relevant to Black Americans. It reports on local high-school and college graduations featuring outstanding Black students, legal fights against segregation in Atlanta and discriminatory voting laws in Virginia and Texas, and NAACP efforts nationally. The paper highlights community organizations struggling to fund the publication, church announcements, personal milestones, obituaries, and social gatherings across Iowa cities. It also includes editorials urging Black economic cooperation, numerous advertisements, and detailed insurance publication notices common in newspapers of that era.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 37, number 28, June 15, 1929
Date Created:
1929-06-15
Time Period:
1920s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaperfrom Des Moines, covering community news, civil rights battles, education achievements, church activities, social events, and national updates relevant to Black Americans. It reports on local high-school and college graduations featuring outstanding Black students, legal fights against segregation in Atlanta and discriminatory voting laws in Virginia and Texas, and NAACP efforts nationally. The paper highlights community organizations struggling to fund the publication, church announcements, personal milestones, obituaries, and social gatherings across Iowa cities. It also includes editorials urging Black economic cooperation, numerous advertisements, and detailed insurance publication notices common in newspapers of that era.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Iowa--Des Moines Civil rights Education African American churches Georgia--Atlanta Discrimination Obituaries Iowa Advertising Insurance Black newspapers
Contributor (Person):
Morris, James B. Kitchen, Gordon H. Tretter, A.P. Wilson, Harry E. Howard, Chas P. Gould, Harrison Mackay, Clifford W. Dimitry, E. L. Jones, Viola P. Morris, Clyde London, Dr. H. H.
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines, Iowa)
Publisher:
Iowa 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: sn83025185
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander19290615
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9p26qb4k
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 bystander. volume 37, number 28, June 15, 1929", Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines, Iowa), Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9p26qb4k
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No Copyright - United States
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