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Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper featuring extensive coverage of community events, civil rights efforts, church activities, social gatherings, and national racial justice issues. It reports on the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs' annual session, local receptions and celebrations, and the Des Moines community's support for Gold Star Mother Hattie Campbell's trip to France. National Headlines highlight the Scottsboro case, anti-lynching legislation battles, NAACP legal actions, discrimination in organizations and prominent speakers like Clarence Darrow. The paper also includes church news, club activities, obituaries, personal announcements, social columns, and numerous advertisements, social columns, and numerous advertisements from local Black-owned businesses, reflecting a vibrant and organized Afircan American community during the early 1930s.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 37, number 50, May 29, 1931
Date Created:
1931-05-29
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper featuring extensive coverage of community events, civil rights efforts, church activities, social gatherings, and national racial justice issues. It reports on the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs' annual session, local receptions and celebrations, and the Des Moines community's support for Gold Star Mother Hattie Campbell's trip to France. National Headlines highlight the Scottsboro case, anti-lynching legislation battles, NAACP legal actions, discrimination in organizations and prominent speakers like Clarence Darrow. The paper also includes church news, club activities, obituaries, personal announcements, social columns, and numerous advertisements, social columns, and numerous advertisements from local Black-owned businesses, reflecting a vibrant and organized Afircan American community during the early 1930s.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Civil rights African American churches Racial justice Iowa--Des Moines Anti-lynching movements Discrimination Clubs Obituaries Advertising
Subject (Person):
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918
Subject (Organization):
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Contributor (Person):
Morris, James B.
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:
bystander19310529
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9jw86v99
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 50, May 29, 1931", 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/w9jw86v99
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