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Contents include but are not limited to focuses heavily on the ongoing Scottsboro trail in Alabama, reporting testimony, legal reversals, and public controversy surrounding the case, while also covering major national racial-justice concerns such as lynchings in California and Maryland, political reactions, and calls for federal anti-lynching legislation. Alongside these headline stories, the paper includes extensive local Des Moines community news social events, church announcements, club meetings, charitable activities, and personal notices revealing the vibrancy and challenges of Black community life during the Great Depression. The newspaper also highlights cultural achievements, including musical performances and beauty columns, as well as numerous advertisements for local Black owned businesses, offering a detailed snapshot of African American social, political and economic life in 1933.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 40, number 25, December 01, 1933
Date Created:
1933-12-01
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to focuses heavily on the ongoing Scottsboro trail in Alabama, reporting testimony, legal reversals, and public controversy surrounding the case, while also covering major national racial-justice concerns such as lynchings in California and Maryland, political reactions, and calls for federal anti-lynching legislation. Alongside these headline stories, the paper includes extensive local Des Moines community news social events, church announcements, club meetings, charitable activities, and personal notices revealing the vibrancy and challenges of Black community life during the Great Depression. The newspaper also highlights cultural achievements, including musical performances and beauty columns, as well as numerous advertisements for local Black owned businesses, offering a detailed snapshot of African American social, political and economic life in 1933.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Alabama Church controversies Racial justice Lynching California African American political activists Iowa--Des Moines Clubs Advertising, Newspaper
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:
bystander19331201
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9280565v
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 40, number 25, December 01, 1933", 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/w9280565v
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