This newspaper features articles on “Housing Conditions: Capitalism and Our Children;” “The Ideology of the Black Panther Party,” and “Pentagonized Society,” among others. The front page shows children playing in squalid conditions and states “We want decent housing for the...
The article in full states “Mrs. Katherine Bryson, president of Mothers for Dignity and Justice, a group of welfare mothers, Friday, told how she and Mrs. Pat Auch were arrested at Hotel Savery Thursday night during a welfare banquet. Mrs....
This small but comprehensive pamphlet prepared by the Educational Department, New York State Communist Party, is titled “Negro History Week 1953, Peace, Equality,” and sold for 25 cents. The articles are taken from various places, copied in the original typeface,...
This announcement, printed on one side of a thin sheet of paper, states: East Des Moines Booster Club Picnic at South Union Park Monday, August 20, 1934 Basket Picnic; Free Barbecue. Free Ice Cream for the Kiddies. As host to...
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...
Panoramic Photograph of Military Training of Black officers at Fort Des Moines, in Iowa, 1917. The photograph has cursive writing in white across the top of the image saying: “Reserve Training,” “Captains Camp Ft. Des Moines, IA,” “Oct. 16th, 1917,”...
“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...
Chicago American newspaper, September 27, 1955, p. 17. Rallies Protest Till Acquittal, Till mentioned on inside with photos of Mother-Mamie Bradley, and Father-John Carthan. Article about Chicago rally staged by the Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago.
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...
Press Photo shows Rev. Jesse Jackson making a fist. Caption states “( DC 25) Ames, Iowa Feb 8, Jackson Campaigns. The Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures as he addresses a rally at the Iowa State University in Ames Monday prior to...
In protest to the killing of Black men, women and children at the hands of the police throughout 2020, many Black Lives Matter protests occurred in Des Moines. These shapshots show several of the rallies that took place in the...
This blue card states “Roosevelt Negro Democratic Club. Organized in Polk County, Iowa–April 1932. Date_____ This is to certify that: Name______. Adress_______ Precinct No_____ is a member of the Roosevelt Negro Democratic Club an affiliate of the Polk County Democratic...
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.
Barack Obama VOTE Iowa Poster Register and Vote Early 2008 Presidential Campaign – Obama Biden according to Wikipedia “Iowa was won by the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, by a 9.54% margin of victory. Obama took 53.93% of...
Pamphlet written by Charles Jackson, illustrated by Ruth Wilson, published by Pioneer Publishers, “Charles Jackson’s fighting column featured watch week in ‘The Militant’–the uncompromising champion of the colored people—calls for militant struggle to win full social, economic and political equality...
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