"D" Index to African American Newspaper Articles
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1830-1935
Main Entry |
Ethnic |
Name |
Title |
Source |
News Date |
Date |
Year |
Vol |
Page |
D. L. & N. Railroad |
AA |
n |
Pullman car conductor dies from injuries |
GREL |
1888-12-07 |
12-07 |
1888 |
4 |
171 |
D. & M. Railroad |
AA |
n |
Family returns to Grand Haven |
GHT |
1897-04-09 |
04-09 |
1897 |
6 |
197 |
D. L. & N. Railroad |
AA |
n |
Special excursions to Lake Odessa camp meeting |
GRH |
1894-06-24 |
06-24 |
1894 |
6 |
088 |
D. L. & N. Railroad |
AA |
n |
Special excursions to Lake Odessa camp meeting |
GRD |
1894-06-29 |
06-29 |
1894 |
6 |
089 |
D. L. & N. Railroad |
AA |
n |
Colored People's Camp Meeting at Lake Odessa |
GRD |
1895-07-27 |
07-27 |
1895 |
6 |
125 |
Da Silva, Dr. Louis |
AA |
y |
Article on African coast slave trade |
GRDE |
1869-06-30 |
06-30 |
1869 |
2 |
050 |
Dade, Benjamin F. |
AA |
y |
Escape from prison of convict |
DE&H |
1858-05-22 |
05-22 |
1858 |
1 |
093 |
Daggard, Belle |
AA |
y |
Attempted suicide with poison |
GREL |
1881-07-25 |
07-25 |
1881 |
3 |
131 |
Dagget, James |
AA |
y |
Convicted of killing Daniel White |
RCC |
1897-08-25 |
08-25 |
1897 |
6 |
240 |
Dagget, James |
AA |
y |
Movement afoot to pardon James Dagget |
RCC |
1897-08-25 |
08-25 |
1897 |
6 |
241 |
Daggett, James |
AA |
y |
Colored man murdered by whites - Osceola County |
GRDMD |
1869-12-09 |
12-09 |
1869 |
2 |
057 |
Daily, F. J. |
AA |
y |
Charge with keeping saloon open Sunday, discharged |
GRE |
1891-10-15 |
10-15 |
1891 |
5 |
226 |
Daily, Henry |
AA |
y |
Refused admission of colored man |
GRDD |
1886-02-07 |
02-07 |
1886 |
4 |
052 |
Daily, Henry |
AA |
n |
Negro severely beats young son |
GRDE |
1880-06-22 |
06-22 |
1880 |
3 |
104 |
Daily, Henry |
AA |
y |
Refused admission of colored man |
GRDD |
1886-02-08 |
02-08 |
1886 |
4 |
053 |
Dalhany, George J. |
AA |
y |
Syrian Refugee from Terrible Turks |
GRH |
1924-07-06 |
07-06 |
1924 |
9 |
187 |
Darkest America Minstrels |
AA |
n |
'Darkest America' minstrel show at Opera House |
MDN |
1897-04-27 |
04-27 |
1897 |
6 |
205 |
Darkest America Minstrels |
AA |
n |
'Darkest America' minstrel show at Opera House |
MDN |
1897-04-27 |
04-27 |
1897 |
6 |
206 |
Darrow, Clarence |
AA |
y |
Lawyer defending Detroit negroes |
GRH |
1925-11-07 |
11-07 |
1925 |
9 |
234 |
Darrow, Clarence |
AA |
y |
Lawyer, member of defense to save negroes in Detroit |
GRH |
1925-11-06 |
11-06 |
1925 |
9 |
233 |
Dave Picket's Negro Band |
AA |
n |
Dave Picket's Negro Band Quartet & Comedy Company |
RN |
1891-06-05 |
06-05 |
1891 |
5 |
149 |
Davies, Parson |
AA |
y |
Colored pugilist arrives for fight with Sullivan |
GREL |
1890-01-21 |
01-21 |
1890 |
5 |
014 |
Davis, Hon. Wm R. |
AA |
y |
Negro Suffrage Amendment |
GRDE |
1869-03-31 |
03-31 |
1869 |
2 |
033 |
Davis, John W. |
AA |
y |
Democratic candidate for president urges equality for all |
GRH |
1924-10-29 |
10-29 |
1924 |
9 |
198 |
Davis, Jonathan |
AA |
y |
Kansas governor-elect pledges to repeal law |
GRP |
1922-11-25 |
11-25 |
1922 |
9 |
094 |
Davis, L. D. |
AA |
y |
Goes back South to raise cotton |
GRH |
1929-08-18 |
08-18 |
1929 |
9 |
288 |
Davis, Senor Charles |
AA |
y |
Arrested for assault |
GRD |
1897-02-14 |
02-14 |
1897 |
6 |
188 |
Davis, Tom |
AA |
y |
Murdered a peddler, hanged |
GREL |
1892-05-16 |
05-16 |
1892 |
5 |
338 |
Davis, William |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave's sister leaves him a fortune in California |
GRH |
1897-08-11 |
08-11 |
1897 |
6 |
232 |
Day, Fanny |
AA |
y |
Deserted by husband |
GRTH |
1887-06-10 |
06-10 |
1887 |
4 |
102 |
Day, Frank |
AA |
y |
Deserted by husband |
GRTH |
1887-06-10 |
06-10 |
1887 |
4 |
102 |
Day, James |
AA |
y |
Taken to State public school at Coldwater |
GREL |
1889-04-03 |
04-03 |
1889 |
4 |
194 |
Day, William H. |
AA |
y |
Rights of Colored Passengers |
DE&H |
1858-10-28 |
10-28 |
1858 |
1 |
108 |
Dean, William |
AA |
y |
Prosecuted for illegal voting |
GRDE |
1866-07-13 |
07-14 |
1866 |
1 |
269 |
Dean, William |
AA |
y |
Prosecuted for illegal voting |
GRDE |
1866-07-21 |
07-21 |
1866 |
1 |
270 |
Deberry, Joe |
AA |
y |
Arrested for murder of Mrs. J. H. Martin at Harrisburg, IL |
GRH |
1915-08-03 |
08-03 |
1915 |
8 |
070 |
Decatur, IL |
AA |
n |
Grand jury final report on Bush lynching, Decatur, IL |
GRE |
1893-10-18 |
10-18 |
1893 |
6 |
055 |
Deitsch, Marcus |
AA |
y |
Murdered a peddler, hanged |
GREL |
1892-05-16 |
05-16 |
1892 |
5 |
338 |
Denver & Rio Railraod |
AA |
n |
Railroad porter saved lives in wreck of Denver & Rio Train |
GREP |
1904-08-15 |
08-15 |
1904 |
7 |
123 |
DePriest, Cong. Oscar |
AA |
y |
NAACP speech - asks voting not social equality |
GRH |
1930-05-22 |
05-22 |
1930 |
9 |
296 |
Derrick, Rev. W. B. |
AA |
y |
A colored man's view |
GRTH |
1890-02-08 |
02-08 |
1890 |
5 |
031 |
Deshone, Thomas |
AA |
y |
Stabbed by negro circus hand in Saginaw |
GREP |
1910-07-29 |
07-29 |
1910 |
7 |
228 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Klan officials call on Detroit sheriff, demand meeting right |
GRH |
1923-09-01 |
09-01 |
1923 |
9 |
116 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Homicide at Detroit, MI |
DEN&H |
1859-08-10 |
08-10 |
1859 |
1 |
121 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Negro sought in postal robbery in Detroit, MI |
GRH |
1922-02-10 |
02-10 |
1922 |
9 |
005 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Assaulted by James Ray |
GRE |
1891-11-04 |
11-04 |
1891 |
5 |
237 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Detroit mayor picks Inter-Racial Commission |
GRH |
1925-09-17 |
09-17 |
1925 |
9 |
224 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Died hanging out clothes at Detroit, MI |
GRE |
1887-03-10 |
03-10 |
1887 |
4 |
092 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Freedom Aid Society |
DA&T |
1863-10-05 |
10-05 |
1863 |
1 |
179 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
15th Annual Colored Knights of Templar conclave |
GRE |
1886-08-05 |
08-05 |
1886 |
4 |
072 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Detroit now contains negro population of 90,000 |
GRP |
1926-12-20 |
12-20 |
1926 |
9 |
250 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
assault in Detroit, mI |
GRDE |
1873-05-06 |
05-06 |
1873 |
2 |
120 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Chimney sweep injured in fall in Detroit, MI |
CA |
1886-11-04 |
11-04 |
1886 |
4 |
087 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored delegates at Detroit -Anti-lynching resolution |
GRH |
1897-07-15 |
07-15 |
1897 |
6 |
218 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Afro-American State League annual meeting, Detroit, MI |
GRE |
1890-05-15 |
05-15 |
1890 |
5 |
052 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Knights Templar of the U.S., encampment at Detroit |
GREL |
1886-02-16 |
02-16 |
1886 |
4 |
050 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Clotilda Robinson died, 106 yrs., at Detroit |
PR |
1892-08-17 |
08-17 |
1892 |
5 |
375 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Dies after a wrestling match at Detroit |
GREP |
1910-06-23 |
06-23 |
1910 |
7 |
225 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
A.M.E. Conference-splits in two 1)Grand Rapids, 2)Detroit |
GREP |
1900-08-31 |
08-31 |
1900 |
7 |
013 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Zion A.M.E., Detroit, holds churches annual conference |
GRH |
1924-06-19 |
06-19 |
1924 |
9 |
181 |
Detroit, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored Children and the Schools of Detroit |
DP |
1867-04-18 |
04-18 |
1867 |
1 |
282 |
Dickerson, Henry |
AA |
y |
Murdered a peddler, hanged |
GREL |
1892-05-16 |
05-16 |
1892 |
5 |
338 |
Dietz, William |
AA |
y |
An inventor, "The Inferior Race" |
GRE |
1858-07-30 |
07-30 |
1858 |
1 |
100 |
Diggs, Fant |
AA |
y |
Appointed messenger of weather bureau, Washington, D.C. |
GHDT |
1898-09-24 |
09-24 |
1898 |
6 |
288 |
Diggs, John |
AA |
y |
A Negro criminal hung by vigilantes - Washington, D.C. |
GREL |
1880-07-28 |
07-28 |
1880 |
3 |
108 |
Dillard, Arthur |
AA |
y |
Killed in a runaway accident |
GHDT |
1897-05-17 |
05-17 |
1897 |
6 |
210 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Dr. Dillard in jail in Ionia for alleged swindling |
GRDT |
1897-05-25 |
05-25 |
1897 |
6 |
214 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Wanted for swindling in Lansing, MI |
GRDT |
1897-05-24 |
05-24 |
1897 |
6 |
213 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Discharged goes to Lansing, MI |
GRH |
1897-05-23 |
05-23 |
1897 |
6 |
212 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Released from Ionia jail |
GHDT |
1897-07-29 |
07-29 |
1897 |
6 |
225 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
alias Elder Wilbur still attempting swindling |
GHDT |
1897-08-14 |
08-14 |
1897 |
6 |
235 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
In Joliet Prison for swindling |
GHDT |
1897-10-14 |
10-14 |
1897 |
6 |
253 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Discharged for lack of evidence |
GHDT |
1897-05-10 |
05-10 |
1897 |
6 |
208 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Court examination continued |
GHDT |
1897-04-26 |
04-26 |
1897 |
6 |
204 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Guilty of various schemes |
GHT |
1897-04-12 |
04-12 |
1897 |
6 |
200 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
In jail for attempt to defraud Graves family |
GHT |
1897-04-15 |
04-15 |
1897 |
6 |
201 |
Dillard, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Court examination delayed |
GHDT |
1897-04-19 |
04-19 |
1897 |
6 |
203 |
Dillard, Ed |
AA |
y |
Charged with robbery |
GRH |
1896-10-07 |
10-07 |
1896 |
6 |
163 |
Dillard, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Attempt to defraud Graves family, arrested |
GHT |
1897-04-08 |
04-08 |
1897 |
6 |
195 |
Dillord, mary |
AA |
y |
Colored woman carves another with stone |
GREL |
1884-06-24 |
06-24 |
1884 |
3 |
234 |
Dixie Jubilee Singers |
AA |
n |
Dixis Jubilee Singers perform at Woman's Club |
GHDT |
1904-12-05 |
12-05 |
1904 |
7 |
138 |
Dixon, George |
AA |
y |
George Dixon, pugilist, defeated by Frank Erne |
GHDT |
1896-11-28 |
11-28 |
1896 |
6 |
171 |
Dixon, Mr. |
AA |
y |
The pugilistic color line |
GREL |
1892-09-09 |
09-09 |
1892 |
5 |
381 |
Dixon, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Boxing contest between Dixon and Wilson held |
GHDT |
1898-12-17 |
12-17 |
1898 |
6 |
292 |
Doe, John |
AA |
n |
Arrested for drunkenness |
GRE |
1889-05-13 |
05-13 |
1889 |
4 |
204 |
Doherty, Patrick |
AA |
y |
P. Doherty-policeman killed trying to arrest two negroes |
GRP |
1922-08-11 |
08-11 |
1922 |
9 |
061 |
Dooley and Negro Singers |
AA |
n |
Prof. James Dooley and his Negro singers at Holland |
GRP |
1922-12-08 |
12-08 |
1922 |
9 |
099 |
Dooley, Wm |
AA |
y |
Charged with stealing |
GREL |
1888-08-09 |
08-09 |
1888 |
4 |
146 |
Douglas, Fred |
AA |
n |
Fred Douglas Lecture -exclusion of colored people |
GRDE |
1867-01-29 |
01-29 |
1867 |
1 |
273 |
Douglas, W. J. |
AA |
y |
Severely shot Mrs. Cecilia Hawkins |
GRH |
1922-08-08 |
08-08 |
1922 |
9 |
059 |
Douglas, W. J. |
AA |
y |
Arrested in shooting of Cecilia Hawkins |
GRH |
1922-08-08 |
08-08 |
1922 |
9 |
060 |
Douglas, William |
AA |
y |
Pleads guilty to shooting woman |
GRH |
1922-09-14 |
09-14 |
1922 |
9 |
073 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Mr. Douglass, well known orator, dies |
GRD |
1895-02-21 |
02-21 |
1895 |
6 |
105 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Remembering Mr. Douglass |
GHET |
1895-02-25 |
02-25 |
1895 |
6 |
107 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Mr. Douglass, well known orator, dies |
GRD |
1895-02-21 |
02-21 |
1895 |
6 |
104 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Mr. Douglass, well known orator, dies |
GHET |
1895-02-21 |
02-21 |
1895 |
6 |
106 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Memorial services to be held in Grand Rapids, MI |
GRD |
1895-03-09 |
03-09 |
1895 |
6 |
108 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Memorial service held |
GRD |
1895-03-21 |
03-21 |
1895 |
6 |
111 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Speech to colored Pro-Republican |
GRE |
1884-10-18 |
10-18 |
1884 |
3 |
264 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Article on Frederick Douglass |
GRH |
1892-08-28 |
08-28 |
1892 |
5 |
377 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Article on Frederick Douglass |
GRH |
1892-08-28 |
08-28 |
1892 |
5 |
378 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Fred. Douglass' Lecture Last Night |
GRDE |
1868-02-04 |
02-04 |
1868 |
2 |
006 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture by Fred. Douglass at Luce's Hall |
GRDE |
1868-01-31 |
01-31 |
1868 |
2 |
004 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Interview with Frederick Douglass |
GRSEP |
1875-10-30 |
10-30 |
1875 |
2 |
182 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture of Fred Douglass at Luce Hall |
GRDE |
1867-03-28 |
03-28 |
1867 |
1 |
278 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Article on Frederick Douglass |
GRH |
1892-08-28 |
08-28 |
1892 |
5 |
379 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Speech at Republican meeting at Hartman's Hall |
GRTH |
1888-09-26 |
09-26 |
1888 |
4 |
156 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Ovation at Republican meeting at Hartman's Hall |
GRE |
1888-09-26 |
09-26 |
1888 |
4 |
158 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Republican vs. Democrat |
GRDD |
1867-03-29 |
03-29 |
1867 |
1 |
277 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture of Fred Douglass, March 27 |
GRDD |
1867-03-21 |
03-21 |
1867 |
1 |
276 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture by Fred. Douglass Tonight |
GRDE |
1868-02-03 |
02-03 |
1868 |
2 |
005 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle |
GRDE |
1873-01-31 |
01-31 |
1873 |
2 |
107 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Address to Commercial College, Grand Rapids, MI |
GRDE |
1873-01-31 |
01-31 |
1873 |
2 |
109 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Emancipation Celebration at Battle Creek, MI |
GRE |
1884-06-27 |
06-27 |
1884 |
3 |
237 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Broke down at lecture |
GRTH |
1892-01-01 |
01-01 |
1892 |
5 |
262 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Interview with Fred. Douglassregarding Chastine Cox |
GRDL |
1880-05-01 |
05-01 |
1880 |
3 |
100 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery" |
GRDE |
1873-01-29 |
01-29 |
1873 |
2 |
106 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Speech at Louisville Colored Convention |
MNR |
1883-10-03 |
10-03 |
1883 |
3 |
206 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle |
GRDE |
1873-01-31 |
01-31 |
1873 |
2 |
108 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Rebuttal on Negro Suffrage by Stephen B. Weeks |
GRE |
1893-08-10 |
08-10 |
1893 |
6 |
047 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Speaks at World Fair at Chicago, IL |
GRE |
1893-08-25 |
08-25 |
1893 |
6 |
049 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery" |
GRDE |
1873-01-27 |
01-27 |
1873 |
2 |
105 |
Douglass, Frederick |
AA |
y |
Lecture on Negro Exodus to the West |
GRDL |
1879-04-11 |
04-11 |
1879 |
3 |
055 |
Douglass, Fredrick |
AA |
y |
Meeting between Fredrick Douglass & Gen. Butler |
GRTH |
1886-09-12 |
09-12 |
1886 |
4 |
076 |
Douglass, Fredrick |
AA |
y |
Meeting between Fredrick Douglass & Gen. Butler |
GRTH |
1886-09-13 |
09-13 |
1886 |
4 |
077 |
Douglass, Hon. Frederick |
AA |
y |
Resigned as Consul General to Republic of Haiti |
DPD |
1891-05-22 |
05-22 |
1891 |
5 |
139 |
Downs, Albert S. |
AA |
y |
Lawsuit regarding a barber pole |
IS |
1878-07-18 |
07-18 |
1878 |
3 |
035 |
Dredging companies |
AA |
n |
State collects great sum from gravel diggers |
GHDT |
1917-10-17 |
10-17 |
1917 |
8 |
111 |
Duffield, Rev. George, D.D. |
AA |
y |
Second Baptist Church (colored) |
GRDE |
1868-07-01 |
07-01 |
1868 |
2 |
017 |
Duggard, Tommy |
AA |
y |
Sentenced to Ionia Prison for assault |
GREL |
1881-09-17 |
09-17 |
1881 |
3 |
138 |
Duggard, Tommy |
AA |
y |
Arrest on assault with intent to commit murder |
GREL |
1881-08-31 |
08-31 |
1881 |
3 |
137 |
Duke, Ed |
AA |
y |
Arraigned on charge of stealing |
GREP |
1893-03-02 |
03-02 |
1893 |
6 |
026 |
Duley, Bill |
AA |
y |
Arrested for robbing Casper Clemens |
GREL |
1888-08-08 |
08-08 |
1888 |
4 |
144 |
Duncan, George |
AA |
y |
Arrested for indecent exposure, paid fine |
GHDT |
1912-07-05 |
07-05 |
1912 |
8 |
012 |
Duncan, Robert |
AA |
y |
Couple intending to wed warned they would be murdered |
GREL |
1891-03-30 |
03-30 |
1891 |
5 |
120 |
Dunlap, Sam |
AA |
y |
Colored star fo Benton Harbor H.S. |
GHDT |
1914-10-17 |
10-17 |
1914 |
8 |
049 |
Dyer, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Accuses colored waiter of assault, verdict not guilty |
PR |
1892-07-13 |
07-13 |
1892 |
5 |
367 |
Transcriber: Evelyn M. Sawyer
Created: 21 June 2003