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Contents include but are not limited to reports on major civil rights efforts and national events affecting African Americans, including NAACP campaigns for legal defense fundin, federal anti-discrimination initiatives, and voilent resistance to Black homeownership in Detroit. It highlights political activism such as opposition to the Mundt-Nixon bill, pushes for a febderal FEPC, and endorsements for local candidates while also covering community news like church activities, social club events, births, deaths and graduations. The paper features national stories abut racial ineuqality, medical developments, and international policy, alongside local Desmoines happenings, advertisements, and cultural notes, reflecting both the struggles and everyday life of Black Iowans and the broader African American community in 1950
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 55, number 47, May 11, 1950
Date Created:
1950-05-11
Time Period:
1950s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to reports on major civil rights efforts and national events affecting African Americans, including NAACP campaigns for legal defense fundin, federal anti-discrimination initiatives, and voilent resistance to Black homeownership in Detroit. It highlights political activism such as opposition to the Mundt-Nixon bill, pushes for a febderal FEPC, and endorsements for local candidates while also covering community news like church activities, social club events, births, deaths and graduations. The paper features national stories abut racial ineuqality, medical developments, and international policy, alongside local Desmoines happenings, advertisements, and cultural notes, reflecting both the struggles and everyday life of Black Iowans and the broader African American community in 1950
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Civil rights Discrimination African American political activists Endowments African American churches Clubs Birth announcements Death Medical education Iowa--Des Moines 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:
8 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:
bystander19500511
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9qz22r0x
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 55, number 47, May 11, 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/w9qz22r0x
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