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Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper reporting on community events, civil rights actions, social gatherings, and regional news. It features coverage of local church activities, social clubs, civic meetings, youth programs, and notable visitors in Iowa communitites such as Des Moines, Waterloo, Albia, and Mason City. Major stories include strong denunciations of lynching by the American Legion, national reactions to the Scottsboro case, updates from the NAACP, cultural notes on Langston Hughes, and various obituaries and personal announcements. The newspaper also contains advertisements, editorials on unfair labor practices and racial discrimination, updates on state fairs and sports events, and vibrant reporting on Black social life, highlighting both community struggles and achievements during the early 1930s.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 10, August 21, 1931
Date Created:
1931-08-21
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper reporting on community events, civil rights actions, social gatherings, and regional news. It features coverage of local church activities, social clubs, civic meetings, youth programs, and notable visitors in Iowa communitites such as Des Moines, Waterloo, Albia, and Mason City. Major stories include strong denunciations of lynching by the American Legion, national reactions to the Scottsboro case, updates from the NAACP, cultural notes on Langston Hughes, and various obituaries and personal announcements. The newspaper also contains advertisements, editorials on unfair labor practices and racial discrimination, updates on state fairs and sports events, and vibrant reporting on Black social life, highlighting both community struggles and achievements during the early 1930s.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Civil rights African American churches African American political activists Clubs Iowa--Des Moines Iowa--Albia Lynching Obituaries Advertising Labor Racial justice Discrimination
Subject (Organization):
American Legion
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:
bystander19310821
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9d50g54q
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 38, number 10, August 21, 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/w9d50g54q
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