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Contents inlucded but are limited to historic African American newspaper, covering wide range of national and local news centered on civil rights, the Korean War, and Black community life. It highlights Water White of the NAACP condemning racial injustice as a root cause of global conflict, reports Dr. Ralph Bunche receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating peace in Palestine, and describes continued racial discrimination in the military and in federal atomic projects. Locally, it includes stories of Des Moines social events, church programs, club meetings, community tragedies such as a deadly chichago apartment fire, and announcements from Black Greek organizations preparing conventions. The paper also features advertisements from Black-owned businesses, holiday shopping promotions, and commentary urging support for euqlity and anit-segregation efforts.
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Title:
Iowa bystander. volume 56, number 26, December 14, 1950
Date Created:
1950-12-14
Time Period:
1950s
Description:
Contents inlucded but are limited to historic African American newspaper, covering wide range of national and local news centered on civil rights, the Korean War, and Black community life. It highlights Water White of the NAACP condemning racial injustice as a root cause of global conflict, reports Dr. Ralph Bunche receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating peace in Palestine, and describes continued racial discrimination in the military and in federal atomic projects. Locally, it includes stories of Des Moines social events, church programs, club meetings, community tragedies such as a deadly chichago apartment fire, and announcements from Black Greek organizations preparing conventions. The paper also features advertisements from Black-owned businesses, holiday shopping promotions, and commentary urging support for euqlity and anit-segregation efforts.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Foreign news Civil rights Korean War (1950-1953) Nobel Prizes Discrimination Military Iowa--Des Moines Clubs Fires Advertising Equality African Americans--Segregation
Subject (Person):
White, Walter, 1893-1955 Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
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:
bystander19501214
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9h98zm8m
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 26, December 14, 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/w9h98zm8m
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