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Contents include but are not limited to African American community life, civil rights efforts, and national racial issue of the time. It highlights major NAACP activites, including legal battles such as the Scottsboro case, challenges to discriminatory voting practices, and efforts to contest the will of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. The paper covers social events, curch news, club meetings, and local accomplishments in Des Moines, alongside national storie such as Sadie Chase's lawsuit against the Daily Mirror for defamation, the dynamiting of a Black church in New Orleans, and Madame C.J. Walker Company updates, It also documents local sports, school achievements, community fund-raising campaigns and commentary on racial injustice within U.S. institutions particulalry the disbanding of the 10th Cavalry. Advertisements, for Black owned businesses, public announcements and cultural note round out the paper, painting a vivid picture of African American resilience, activism, and daily life during the Great Depression.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 20, October 31, 1931
Date Created:
1931-10-31
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American community life, civil rights efforts, and national racial issue of the time. It highlights major NAACP activites, including legal battles such as the Scottsboro case, challenges to discriminatory voting practices, and efforts to contest the will of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. The paper covers social events, curch news, club meetings, and local accomplishments in Des Moines, alongside national storie such as Sadie Chase's lawsuit against the Daily Mirror for defamation, the dynamiting of a Black church in New Orleans, and Madame C.J. Walker Company updates, It also documents local sports, school achievements, community fund-raising campaigns and commentary on racial injustice within U.S. institutions particulalry the disbanding of the 10th Cavalry. Advertisements, for Black owned businesses, public announcements and cultural note round out the paper, painting a vivid picture of African American resilience, activism, and daily life during the Great Depression.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Civil rights Scotland--Glasgow Racial justice Discrimination African American churches Iowa--Des Moines Sports Cavalry Advertising
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:
bystander19311031
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gx45289
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"Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 20, October 31, 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/w9gx45289
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