“A Public Statement of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson on the Occasion of the Opening of the ‘Jesse Jackson ’88 Iowa State Exploratory Office’ Greenfield, Iowa” This handout of Jackson’s speech in Iowa discusses who he is in Greenfield Iowa...
Postcard is postmarked in Cedar Rapics and sentto Sweden. Postcard message written in Swedish. The writing is not on the back, it is also around the image on the front in the margin. Photograph is of a line of men,...
The Negro Disenfranchised: The First step into Slavery 15″ x 22″
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,...
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 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...
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...
The photo images shows a rural Black man riding on an ox which is pulling a full two-wheel cart. Back: The caption says “15th Amendment bringing his Crop to Town” Right margin says “Photographed by J. N. Wilson, No. 143...
Headline article on front page : “Tammany’s Plot to Kill Negro Votes: Arrest of McKinley’s Colored Supporters Night Befre Election Planned” Article says: New York, October 31, Angered by the certainty that the colored vote of this city is almost...
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