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Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 35, February 19, 1932 Item Info

Contents include but are not limited to African American community, including discrimination in education, employment, fraternal organizations, and public accommodations, as well as advocacy efforts led by the NAACP. It reports Langton Huges upcoming poetry recital in Des Moines, local church and civic activities, community achievements, and social news, alongside national items such as wage cuts to Pullman porters, protests against racist product labels, and resistance to proposals to relocate northern Black families back to the rural South. Overall, the paper captures both the daily life and the civil rights struggles of Black Americans during the Great Depression.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 35, February 19, 1932
Date Created:
1932-02-19
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American community, including discrimination in education, employment, fraternal organizations, and public accommodations, as well as advocacy efforts led by the NAACP. It reports Langton Huges upcoming poetry recital in Des Moines, local church and civic activities, community achievements, and social news, alongside national items such as wage cuts to Pullman porters, protests against racist product labels, and resistance to proposals to relocate northern Black families back to the rural South. Overall, the paper captures both the daily life and the civil rights struggles of Black Americans during the Great Depression.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Discrimination Education Fraternal organizations Iowa--Des Moines African American churches Civic leaders Pullman porters Civil rights
Subject (Person):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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:
bystander19320219
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9dz0388c
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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Suggested Citation:
"Iowa bystander. volume 38, number 35, February 19, 1932", 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/w9dz0388c
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