Yearbook, 1967, The 1967 Pelican, Central College, Pella, Iowa. page 180 shows two photos of Martin Luther King, jr., speaking to Central students, Pella Iowa. The text states “Christian Action Symposium was initiated by a grant from the Commission on...
collection of 17 snapshot photographs showing the incident “Disturbance in Good Park,” April 13, 1969. “North Side Revolutionaries in the Civil Rights Struggle” by Bruce Fehn and Robert Jefferson The Annals of Iowa 69 (Winter 2010) Excerpt: “During fall 1968...
p. 1 states “Plaintiff vs. Freddie Lee Hughes, Richard Deane Matlock, Erwin Leroy Taylor, Edward Charles Smith, Kenneth Ray Collins, Melvin Dennis Wade, Mary Ann Smith or Rhem, Clive Lisbon De Patten, Evelyn Naomi De Patton, Edward De Patten Jr.,...
A transcript of the document, page 3 states: “Pleadings. The Appellee on April 13, 1969 filed its Information. The defendant is accused of the crime of disturbing the peace and the quiet on the 13th day of April, 1969 at...
a transcript of the trial for an alleged “riot” in Des Moines, Iowa, involving members of the Black Panther Party of Des Moines. Defendants: Freddie Lee Hughes, Richard Deane Matlock, Erwin Leroy Taylor, Edward Charles Smith, Kenneth Ray Collins, Melvin...
close-up photo of Joe Williams, portrait. Text reads “Attn sports editors. release in p.ms’s thursday, Nov. 2 with George Brown’s story from Iowa City on Joe Williams. [indecipherable] 110105–11/1/61-Iowa City, Iowa: Joe Williams, Iowa University halfback, hopes any renown he...
New Left Notes: An Internal Newspaper of Students for a Democratic Society, Vol. 1, No. 32. pp. 1-4 motto is “Let the People decide” A main feature of this 32 page newspaper “New Left Notes” is the National Convention to...
A b/w photo showing a completely burnt out area of buildings–no roofs, no windows, nothing inside. The image was published in a Spanish language newspaper. A strip of newsprint stapled to the photograph says: “Detroit Julio (AP)–Totalmente consumidas por el...
“Another Fascist Attempt to Destroy the Party” A photo on p. 1 shows the police forced disrobing of the Black Panthers in Philadelphia. A double page spread describes “The ‘Attacks on the Philadelphia Offices Brought Forth the Staccato of Revolutionary...
Des Moines Register, May 27, 1965, pp. 1 & 7 Des Moines Register front page headline: “Negro Voting Bill Passes: Protests by Southerners Go Unheeded, Iowa’s 2 Senators In 77-19 Majority” articles begins: “Amid echoes of a bitter Southern assault,...
The photo information reads: “(DC3) Indianola, Iowa., Nov. 2–PROBLEMS OVER THE RAINBOW– Mr. & Mrs. Dwaine Palmer [white husband, Black wife] are shown with their daughter Michelle, 12, after playmates voted to allow Michelle into the international order of Rainbow...
1970 Press Photo Iowa Police and Iowa Student Protesters clash in Civic Center This is an original press photo. Someone has glued the newspaper blurb to the back of the photo, which says: In Iowa City Iowa policeman attempted to...
Mr. Harry Flipping, was one of the originators of “Black Pride Incorporated,” a vibrant Des Moines group in the 70s and 80s: “As we were growing up, there was a lack of things for teenagers and young adults. They called...
This issue is filled with information about the imprisonment of Huey P. Newton; the creation of a free breakfast program for children; the persecution of Nevada Indians; Slavery in South America, among other issues.
Black Panther Newspaper is Vol III No 8 from Saturday June 14th 1969. Articles on the creation of breakfast programs for children, “Fascist / Capitalist Contradictions,” trial of Fred Hampton, a 2-page spread with graphic photograph on police brutality, and...
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