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Black ink on white newsprint (4 pages) From donor Jim Collison: “I started publishing the Waterloo Progress with the May 15, 1958, issue. (I do not have a copy of the first issue.) The goal was to treat Negroes and Negro news fairly in a local newspaper serving the Waterloo community. I continued the Smitty’s Punches column in the Waterloo Progress. I ceased publishing this newspaper after the fifth issue because the Waterloo Courier had spread the word to advertisers not to advertise in the Waterloo Progress. My memory is that the Courier started offering advertisers cut rates for not advertising in my new paper. When Russ Lowe (Advertising Director) told me this, I knew we had no chance to make a go of it.”
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Title:
Waterloo Progress, Volume 1, No. 2, May 22, 1958
Date Created:
1958-05-22
Time Period:
1950s
Description:
Black ink on white newsprint (4 pages) From donor Jim Collison: “I started publishing the Waterloo Progress with the May 15, 1958, issue. (I do not have a copy of the first issue.) The goal was to treat Negroes and Negro news fairly in a local newspaper serving the Waterloo community. I continued the Smitty’s Punches column in the Waterloo Progress. I ceased publishing this newspaper after the fifth issue because the Waterloo Courier had spread the word to advertisers not to advertise in the Waterloo Progress. My memory is that the Courier started offering advertisers cut rates for not advertising in my new paper. When Russ Lowe (Advertising Director) told me this, I knew we had no chance to make a go of it.”
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American newspapers Black newspapers
Subject (Organization):
Waterloo Post
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
eng
Source:
Grout Museum District African American Newspapers
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
newsprint
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd2010257015001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9m902b09
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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Suggested Citation:
"Waterloo Progress, Volume 1, No. 2, May 22, 1958", Grout Museum District, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9m902b09
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Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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