1. Home
  2. Items
  3. Iowa bystander. volume 55, number 37, March 2, 1950
COMPLEX

Iowa bystander. volume 55, number 37, March 2, 1950 Item Info

Contents include but are not limited to national and local civil rights issues, including the NAACP's criticism of a weekend fair-employment bill and calls to continue the fight in the Senate. It covers community acitivities in Des Moines church events, club meetings, social gatherings, and youth talent competitions along with upates on illnesses, funerals, and personal milestones. The paper also highlights discrimination cases, local political organizing and cultural events such as concerts, films and school programs, while featuring numerous advertisements from Black-owned businesses.
Select to view full item
View on Timeline
Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 55, number 37, March 2, 1950
Date Created:
1950-03-02
Time Period:
1950s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to national and local civil rights issues, including the NAACP's criticism of a weekend fair-employment bill and calls to continue the fight in the Senate. It covers community acitivities in Des Moines church events, club meetings, social gatherings, and youth talent competitions along with upates on illnesses, funerals, and personal milestones. The paper also highlights discrimination cases, local political organizing and cultural events such as concerts, films and school programs, while featuring numerous advertisements from Black-owned businesses.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Local history Civil rights Community activists Iowa--Des Moines African American churches Clubs Health Funeral service Discrimination in education Cultural relations 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:
6 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:
bystander19500302
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wp9tf3w
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/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Iowa bystander. volume 55, number 37, March 2, 1950", 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/w9wp9tf3w
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright
Standardized Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
« Previous Back to Browse Next »