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Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper covering civil rights, legal affairs, community life, and national Black news. Major stories include NAACP leader Dean William Pickens' strong condemnation of lynching and segregation, legal cases invovling police brutality and criminal sentencing and developments in education equality following Supreme Court decisions affecting segregated schooling. The paper also reports on Howard University funding Missouri's compliance with desegregation rulings, Negro Health Week's upcoming anniversary, and cultural life through sports, theater, church events, and social clubs. Alongside news reporting, the issue features editorials, classified notices, advertisements, and extensive church listings, reflecting the political activism, social concerns, and everday life of Black communitites in Iowa and across the nation during the late 1930s.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 45, number 33, March 16, 1939
Date Created:
1939-03-16
Time Period:
1930s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to African American newspaper covering civil rights, legal affairs, community life, and national Black news. Major stories include NAACP leader Dean William Pickens' strong condemnation of lynching and segregation, legal cases invovling police brutality and criminal sentencing and developments in education equality following Supreme Court decisions affecting segregated schooling. The paper also reports on Howard University funding Missouri's compliance with desegregation rulings, Negro Health Week's upcoming anniversary, and cultural life through sports, theater, church events, and social clubs. Alongside news reporting, the issue features editorials, classified notices, advertisements, and extensive church listings, reflecting the political activism, social concerns, and everday life of Black communitites in Iowa and across the nation during the late 1930s.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Civil rights Lynching Segregation Criminal investigation Education National Negro Health Week Sports Theater African American churches Clubs Editorials Advertising African American political activists
Subject (Organization):
Iowa. Supreme Court University of Missouri
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:
bystander19390316
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9zc7s277
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 45, number 33, March 16, 1939", 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/w9zc7s277
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