The Community Bulletin
In the late 1960s during a time of racial disparity and heightened tensions, this community bulletin gently insists upon justice. The authors alternately seek to encourage and to unite people of color in Abilene by providing encouraging stories and histories of well-known people of color.
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Date of Original
1967/1968
Subject
Abilene (Tex.)--Periodicals
African Americans--Texas--Abilene--Periodicals
People - Ethnic Groups - African Americans
Places--United States--Texas--Taylor County--Abilene
Social Life and Customs
Location
United States, Texas, Taylor County, Abilene, 32.44874, -99.73314
Type
Text
Description
In the late 1960s during a time of racial disparity and heightened tensions, this community bulletin gently insists upon justice. The authors alternately seek to encourage and to unite people of color in Abilene by providing encouraging stories and histories of well-known people of color. A regular feature highlights famous African Americans in history and includes excerpts of African American poetry. The bulletin is a unique document of the time that describes crushing economic contrasts, the inequity of segregation and desegregation and demonstrates the alternate feelings of hope and despair about a society that undermines the efforts of its most promising black citizens.
Howard and Clara Caver started the Community Bulletin: Another Voice is Heard in 1967 as a service to the community of black churches in Abilene, Texas. They produced a 5 or 6-page bulletin each week doing the reporting, editing and publishing themselves. They reported about the various church and community events, political races, educational changes and the job market for the black citizens. Each week they tried to also uplift and encourage using stories and short histories of famous black people in history.
Several weeks are missing in the collection, May 11, June 15, July 13, through August 30, 1968, and September 7. The bulletin falls silent during the week of April 4, 1968, the week of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. as the black community mourned the loss of the civil rights activist.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
University of North Texas. Libraries
Search Results
14. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 31, Saturday, March 16, 1968
15. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 29, Saturday, March 2, 1968
16. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 28, Saturday, February 24, 1968
17. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 27, Saturday, February 17, 1968
18. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 26, Saturday, February 10, 1968
19. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 25, Saturday, February 3, 1968
20. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 24, Saturday, January 27, 1968
21. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 23, Saturday, January 20, 1968
22. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 22, Saturday, January 13, 1968
23. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 21, Saturday, January 6, 1968
24. The Community Bulletin (Abilene, Texas), No. 20, Saturday, December 30, 1967
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