The cover page of this document says “Constitution of the State of Iowa” Adopted in Convention at Iowa City March 5th A.D. 1857 Submitted to the People for Adoption or Rejection at the Election to be held in August 1857....
National Baptist Convention Series, 1936, Post Office at Nashville, Tenn., under the Act of March 3, 1879 A Pamphlet for Sunday School lessons for children ages 6-8.from the National Baptist Convention Series, 1936 Reverend A. M. Townsend, D.D.–Corresponding Secretary Rev.erend...
A Discourse on the Character and Death of John Brown, Delivered in Martinsburgh, NY, December 12, 1859 by S. H. Taft, Paster of the Church of Martinsburgh. This is the Second edition — published by request, with an introduction by...
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,...
Large pamphlet showing b/w photos of WACs in Fort Des Moines. While most of the pages have photos exclusively showing White WACs, a 2-page spread titled “Colored WACS New Recruits” has six photos featuring Black WACs. Published in Cooperation with...
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...
The Journal of Anthropology Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jan., 1871), pp. 245-258 (14 pages) Published by: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Anthropological analysis discussing the body of a “Negro male” who was enslaved since childhood at Constantinople’s...
original, complete circa 1950’s brochure about IOWA COLORED GHOSTS AFRICAN AMERICAN SOFTBALL TEAM PROGRAM. A Black Iowan softball team that staged antics to make the crowd laugh, similar to Harlem globetrotters, but maybe a bit of Jim Crow?
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...
The Preface reads: “This booklet is respectfully submitted to the teachers and others who organize Carnivals for schools and similar organizations. so far as known this is the first attempt to publish a book on this subject exclusively. Constructive criticisms and suggestions will...
A pamphlet documenting the Keynote speaker William R. Hood at the opening session of the Founding Convention of the National Negro Labor Council, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 1951. The pamphlet has a photo and brief biography of Hood and a...
“The Story of a Lynching: An Exploration of Southern Psychology by Marcet Haldeman-Julius. “A complete report and analysis of the recent lynching of a Negro in Little Rock, Arkansas, illustrated with photographs.”
Behind the Lynching of Emmett Louis Till,” by Louis Burnham, published by Freedom Associates, Inc., 139 W. 125th St., New York, December 1955, Printed in the USA The pamphlet says “In all the foul record of human oppression, few crimes...
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