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Contents include but are not limited to a historic African American newspaper serving the Midwest. It reports on major civil rights concerns of the time, including an NAACP-commissioned investigation exposing severe racial inequalities in Alton, Illinois schools, such as overcrowded, underfunded Black facilities and long travel distances for Black students. The paper covers community news from Des Moines and surrounding cities church activities, club meetings, social events, and obituaries while also reporting national developments such as the Urban League's upcoming conference and the appointment of Edith Samspon to the United Naitons. Advertisements from Black-woned businesses, employment notices, and public service announcements appear throughout, giving a vivid snapshot of mid-century Black life, activism, and local commerece in Iowa and the broader Midwest.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 56, number 10, August 24, 1950
Date Created:
1950-08-24
Time Period:
1950s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to a historic African American newspaper serving the Midwest. It reports on major civil rights concerns of the time, including an NAACP-commissioned investigation exposing severe racial inequalities in Alton, Illinois schools, such as overcrowded, underfunded Black facilities and long travel distances for Black students. The paper covers community news from Des Moines and surrounding cities church activities, club meetings, social events, and obituaries while also reporting national developments such as the Urban League's upcoming conference and the appointment of Edith Samspon to the United Naitons. Advertisements from Black-woned businesses, employment notices, and public service announcements appear throughout, giving a vivid snapshot of mid-century Black life, activism, and local commerece in Iowa and the broader Midwest.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Civil rights Investigations Sunday schools Community activists Iowa--Des Moines African American churches Clubs Obituaries Urban renewal Advertising African Americans--Employment Public health Iowa
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:
bystander19500824
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9280564c
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 56, number 10, August 24, 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/w9280564c
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