"S" Index to African American Newspaper Articles
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1830-1935

Main Entry

Ethnic

Name

Title

Source

News Date

Date

Year

Vol

Page

Saginaw Teamsters

AA

n

Against hiring outsiders

GREP

1899-06-10

06-10

1899

6

306

Saginaw, MI

AA

n

Hiring of farmers, city contract to hire city laborers

GREP

1899-06-10

06-10

1899

6

306

Saginaw, MI

AA

n

Emancipation Celebration - Saginaw & Bay City, MI

GRDE

1873-08-05

08-05

1873

2

130

Salem, ILL

AA

n

Colored girls and train incident

GRDE

1873-07-12

07-12

1873

2

128

Saline, MI

AA

n

Colored man owns sawmill assaulted

DA&T

1869-06-24

06-24

1869

2

047

Sample, Judge George

AA

y

Wrote Klan letter to Judge George Sample while drugged

GRH

1923-10-06

10-06

1923

9

151

Sanders, George

AA

y

Colored settlement, Burt Twp., Cheboygan Co., MI

CD

1885-04-16

04-16

1885

4

013

Sanders, William

AA

y

Assaulted and robbed by 4 white men

GRP

1922-08-30

08-30

1922

9

068

Sandford, John F. A.

AA

y

Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision

CHDT

1857-05-25

05-25

1857

1

069

Sanford, Perry

AA

y

Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848

GRPT

1904-07-21

07-21

1904

7

120

Sankey, Rev.

AA

y

A Colored Preacher

GRSEP

1877-03-17

03-17

1877

3

012

Saulsbury, James

AA

y

Assaults man

GRE

1885-01-31

01-31

1885

4

005

Saulsbury, L. K.

AA

y

Fight in county clerk's office

GREL

1891-05-28

05-28

1891

5

143

Sault Ste. Marie, MI

AA

n

Rev. Robt Wallace, evangelist, marries Rachel E. Ross

GRTH

1891-12-29

12-29

1891

5

257

Saunders, Susan

AA

y

Colored resident dies at Ottawa Co. Infirmary

GHDT

1926-07-02

07-02

1926

9

243

Scholte, Rev. Mr.

AA

y

Slave democracy speech

GRE

1856-09-06

09-06

1856

1

046

Scott, Dan

AA

y

Arrested for living in house of ill repute

GREL

1892-02-15

02-15

1892

5

279

Scott, Dred

AA

n

Dred Scott decision

GRE

1857-06-01

06-01

1857

1

072

Scott, Dred

AA

y

Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision

CHDT

1857-05-25

05-25

1857

1

069

Scott, Dred

AA

n

Republican Party - Ottawa Co., MI resolutions

DE&H

1858-02-28

02-28

1858

1

084

Scott, Herman

AA

y

Shot and killed Ike Kersey in Kalamazoo

GHDT

1904-07-26

07-26

1904

7

121

Scott, Herman

AA

y

Sentenced in death of Ike Kersey

GHDT

1904-10-06

10-06

1904

7

126

Scott, John L.

AA

y

Arrested for vagrancy

GHDT

1904-11-02

11-02

1904

7

133

Scott, Lewis

AA

y

Colored man shoots paramour, commits suicide

GREL

1890-12-12

12-12

1890

5

103

Scott, M. E.

AA

y

Arrested at crap game

GRD

1896-11-15

11-15

1896

6

169

Seattle, WA

AA

n

Riot between white and colored miners near Seattle, WA

GREL

1891-07-01

07-01

1891

5

161

Second Methodist Church

AA

n

Freeman's Aid and Educational Society

GRH

1897-11-15

11-15

1897

6

259

Sergent, Mrs. Ruth

AA

y

Urges separate schools for colored and white, Grand Rapids

GRP

1920-10-23

10-23

1920

8

147

Serpell, Charles

AA

y

Murderer jailed and lynched

GREL

1892-05-31

05-31

1892

5

341

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

On trial for assault and battery

GRH

1893-03-01

03-01

1893

6

025

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct

GRH

1894-06-18

06-18

1894

6

086

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Arrested for robbery of James Davis(a.k.a. Ella Green)

GRD

1896-09-19

09-19

1896

6

159

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Trial on keeping disorderly house

GRD

1897-10-02

10-02

1897

6

247

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Charged with robbery

GRH

1896-10-07

10-07

1896

6

163

Shellbine, Richard

AA

y

Assaults white man for attentions to his daughter

GRE

1891-08-28

08-28

1891

5

207

Sherburne, Gen. John H.

AA

y

Resigns from '40 et 8', it prohibits negro vet membership

GRH

1928-02-23

02-23

1928

9

268

Sherman, General

AA

y

Must have constitutional rights for negroes

GRTH

1889-09-27

09-27

1889

4

243

Sherman, General

AA

y

Negroes have rights which must be secured to them

PR

1889-10-02

10-02

1889

4

246

Sherman, General

AA

y

Explains reasons for 15th Amendment

GRTH

1890-03-15

03-15

1890

5

040

Sherman, John

AA

y

Assaulted by Ike Kearsey

GRTH

1891-08-17

08-17

1891

5

196

Sherman, Mary A.

AA

y

White man jailed against colored girl

AJ

1869-06-21

06-21

1869

2

046

Sherman, TX

AA

n

Assaulted family near death, posse seeking him, Texas

GRH

1892-03-05

03-05

1892

5

290

Shields, Bill

AA

y

pleaded guilty to being paralyzed

GREL

1891-08-21

08-21

1891

5

198

Shurtleff, C. W.

AA

y

Sec'y of Oberlin College, Ohio - education for negroes

GRDD

1890-10-21

10-21

1890

5

083

Simmons Hall

AA

n

White citizens invited to Emancipation celebration

GREL

1892-07-25

07-25

1892

5

368

Simmons, Hilliard

AA

y

Colored man assaults policeman

MDC

1882-09-28

09-28

1882

3

162

Sing, Quong

CH

y

Sold restaurant in Ionia returns to Grand Rapids

GREP

1901-09-27

09-27

1901

7

063

Sisco, Elmer

AA

y

Shot while robbing turkeys

GRH

1893-10-22

10-22

1893

6

056

Skidmore, Sarah H.

AA

y

Sentenced for assault on Mrs. Sarah H. Skidmore

GRE

1890-06-24

06-24

1890

5

060

Slater Fund

AA

n

Address on helping the Negro to stand on his own feet

GRD

1891-05-31

05-31

1891

5

146

Slaughter, Hazel

AA

y

Stole money from Fred Deacon

GREP

1893-02-23

02-23

1893

6

024

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Advance in the Price of Slaves

GRE

1859-03-31

03-31

1859

1

114

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

149

Slavery

AA

n

Arming Slaves in the South

DA&T

1863-09-19

09-19

1863

1

175

Slavery

AA

n

Who abolished slavery

GREL

1881-01-06

01-06

1881

3

111

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

148

Slavery

AA

n

A Republican Marshal Playing the Slave Hunter

DDA

1861-04-09

04-09

1861

1

138

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

147

Slavery

AA

n

Bleaching of the Colored Race

DA&T

1862-09-27

09-27

1862

1

152

Slavery

AA

n

Remarks made by Rev. Ballard

DEN&H

1859-12-27

12-27

1859

1

129

Slavery

AA

n

Article on efforts of League of Nations to eliminate slavery

GRH

1930-09-25

09-25

1930

9

302

Slavery

AA

n

Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery"

GRDE

1873-01-29

01-29

1873

2

106

Slavery

AA

n

Life as a slave in Virginia

GRPT

1904-06-25

06-25

1904

7

106

Slavery

AA

n

Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848

GRPT

1904-07-21

07-21

1904

7

120

Slavery

AA

n

Young colored attorney reminisces on slavery

GRDD

1885-12-06

12-06

1885

4

045

Slavery

AA

n

Anti-Slavery movement

GRDE

1873-06-28

06-28

1873

2

126

Slavery

AA

n

The Pluck of Slaveholders

GRE

1859-10-25

10-25

1859

1

125

Slavery

AA

n

The Union of our Fathers

GRWEN

1862-05-14

05-14

1862

1

146

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DA&T

1863-09-11

09-11

1863

1

169

Slavery

AA

n

Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle

GRDE

1873-01-31

01-31

1873

2

107

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery by an Eye Witness

GRE

1859-07-25

07-25

1859

1

119

Slavery

AA

n

The Slave Trade and New England

GREL

1881-04-29

04-29

1881

3

118

Slavery

AA

n

Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle

GRDE

1873-01-31

01-31

1873

2

108

Slavery

AA

n

Pro-slavery in Michigan

GRE

1863-05-01

05-01

1863

1

162

Slavery

AA

n

The Extension of Slavery

GRDEN

1856-03-19

03-19

1856

1

042

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Sisters and Slavery"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Endearing Recrimination"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Seasonable Interference"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave - Underground railroad

CHDT

1853-04-22

04-22

1853

1

029

Slavery

AA

n

More slaves landing in Havana

CHDT

1853-06-20

06-20

1853

1

032

Slavery

AA

n

The Bible and Slavery

GRDEN

1856-01-12

01-12

1856

1

039

Slavery

AA

n

Advocating a scheme of apprenticeship

GRDE

1865-07-11

07-11

1865

1

229

Slavery

AA

n

Negro Absorption

GRDEN

1856-02-12

02-12

1856

1

041

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Fugitive Slave Law in Iowa

GRVE

1851-03-28

03-28

1851

1

022

Slavery

AA

n

Colored girl graduated at Battle Creek, MI

GRSEP

1877-07-07

07-07

1877

3

013

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery is the misfortune of states …

GRDEN

1856-05-20

05-20

1856

1

044

Slavery

AA

n

The Powers of Congress to prohibit slavery

GRE

1856-06-30

06-30

1856

1

045

Slavery

AA

n

Slave democracy speech

GRE

1856-09-06

09-06

1856

1

046

Slavery

AA

n

The New Crusade Against Labor

GRDE

1865-07-15

07-15

1865

1

230

Slavery

AA

n

Is the Democratic Party Pro-Slavery

GRDEN

1856-10-05

10-05

1856

1

048

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DE&H

1858-04-20

04-20

1858

1

088

Slavery

AA

n

Aggressions of Slavery

GRDEN

1856-01-26

01-26

1856

1

040

Slavery

AA

n

Prohibition of slavery in California

GRVE

1849-11-23

11-23

1849

1

012

Slavery

AA

n

Southern slavery not a thing of the past - South Carolina

PR

1901-03-13

04-13

1901

7

039

Slavery

AA

n

Chicago Anti-Slavery Society meeting

CHDA

1840-04-09

04-09

1840

1

004

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRSEP

1878-05-11

05-11

1878

3

029

Slavery

AA

n

Anti-slavery paper, "The Examiner"

GRVE

1847-07-07

07-07

1847

1

005

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1848-10-06

10-06

1848

1

006

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRE

1848-12-29

12-29

1848

1

007

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1849-01-19

01-19

1849

1

008

Slavery

AA

n

Slave saved by railroad engineer

GRE

1884-11-14

11-14

1884

3

269

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1849-09-14

09-14

1849

1

010

Slavery

AA

n

Poem on non-dissolution of the Union

GRVE

1851-07-15

07-15

1851

1

023

Slavery

AA

n

First emancipator of slaves, lived in poverty

BC

1901-02-08

02-08

1901

7

032

Slavery

AA

n

Speech by Rep. Gilbert of California

GREQ

1850-06-19

06-19

1850

1

016

Slavery

AA

n

Law for Reclamation of Fugitive Slaves

GRVE

1850-09-09

09-09

1850

1

018

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1850-12-25

12-25

1850

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1851-01-01

01-01

1851

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1850-12-25

12-25

1850

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Article on extension of slavery

GRE

1856-11-18

11-18

1856

1

049

Slavery

AA

n

Emancipation Convention article

GRVE

1849-06-22

06-22

1849

1

009

Slavery

AA

n

Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI

GRH

1929-08-16

08-16

1929

9

286

Slavery

AA

n

Wendell Phillips behind anti-slavery

GREL

1884-02-06

02-06

1884

3

218

Slavery

AA

n

Attempts to keep Kansas out of the Union

DE&H

1858-04-18

04-18

1858

1

087

Slavery

AA

n

Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery"

GRDE

1873-01-27

01-27

1873

2

105

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DE&H

1858-04-21

04-21

1858

1

089

Slavery

AA

n

Suppression of the African Slave Trade

DE&H

1858-04-30

04-30

1858

1

090

Slavery

AA

n

A Defence of the Slave Trade

DE&H

1858-05-12

05-12

1858

1

091

Slavery

AA

n

Slaves and Bibles

DE&H

1858-05-20

05-20

1858

1

092

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRE

1857-12-15

12-15

1857

1

082

Slavery

No

n

Article - Carriage manufacturing by prisoners

GRE

1858-07-11

07-11

1858

1

098

Slavery

AA

n

Article on African coast slave trade

GRDE

1869-06-30

06-30

1869

2

050

Slavery

AA

n

Excitement Among the Colored Population

DE&H

1858-08-07

08-07

1858

1

101

Slavery

AA

n

Christian vs Political regarding Negroes

GRDL

1879-11-18

11-18

1879

3

090

Slavery

AA

n

An abolition church

DE&H

1858-09-07

09-07

1858

1

103

Slavery

AA

n

Slaves and Free Labor

GRDE

1869-03-30

03-30

1869

2

031

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRSEP

1874-08-29

08-29

1874

2

158

Slavery

AA

n

Castellar on Lincoln and Slavery

GRDE

1870-07-15

07-15

1870

2

084

Slavery

AA

n

Parson Brownlow on Negro Suffrage

GRDE

1864-08-09

08-09

1864

1

215

Slavery

AA

n

Satirist to lecture on slavery at Luce's Hall

GRDE

1869-05-11

05-11

1869

2

038

Slavery

AA

n

U.S. Supreme Court slavery decision

CHDT

1857-03-14

03-14

1857

1

063

Slavery

AA

n

Freed slaves from Kentucky to Detroit, MI

GRDEN

1856-11-20

11-20

1856

1

052

Slavery

AA

n

Condition of the African Slave Trade

GRE

1888-11-21

11-21

1888

4

167

Slavery

AA

n

A Southern Protest Against Slave Trade

GRDEN

1856-11-27

11-27

1856

1

055

Slavery

AA

n

Regarding slavery in Michigan

GREq

1856-12-04

12-04

1856

1

056

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive slave in Newaygo

GRE

1891-12-03

12-03

1891

5

250

Slavery

AA

n

U.S. Supreme Court - the slavery question

CHDT

1857-03-11

03-11

1857

1

061

Slavery

AA

n

Federal Relations Committee on Slavery

DE&H

1858-02-04

02-04

1858

1

083

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery vs Anti-Slavery law

MNR

1883-11-24

11-24

1883

3

213

Slavery

AA

n

Emancipation in Great Britain of Slaves, 1834

MNR

1883-08-04

08-04

1883

3

189

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery Nationalized

GRE

1857-03-16

03-16

1857

1

064

Slavery

AA

n

Article - Divorce between slavery and Church

DE&H

1857-05-10

05-10

1857

1

067

Slavery

AA

n

Grand River Association - Abolition question

DE&H

1857-05-23

05-23

1857

1

068

Slavery

AA

n

Mormon abominations

CHDT

1857-06-05

06-05

1857

1

073

Slavery

AA

n

Indian territory as slave state

GRE

1857-06-16

06-16

1857

1

074

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRE

1857-08-17

08-17

1857

1

078

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRE

1857-11-24

11-24

1857

1

080

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery in the free states

GRE

1857-11-27

11-27

1857

1

081

Slavery

AA

n

U.S. Supreme Court - the slavery question

CHDT

1857-03-13

03-13

1857

1

062

Slavery (runaway "Bill")

AA

y

$50 reward - runaway slave

CHA

1836-12-03

12-03

1836

1

003

Slavery (runaway "Squier")

AA

y

$100 reward - runaway slave

CHD

1836-03-03

03-02

1836

1

002

Slavery (runaway "Squier")

AA

y

$100 reward - runaway slave

CHD

1836-03-03

03-02

1836

1

001

Slavery (runaway"Wm Russell")

AA

y

Runaway Negro found

CHD

1836-04-20

04-20

1836

1

002

Slavery (runaway)

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1850-08-19

08-19

1850

1

017

Slavery (slave "Daniel")

AA

y

Court to decide on extradition to Kentucky

GRVE

1851-08-26

08-26

1851

1

024

Slavery (social)

AA

n

Women slaves

CHDT

1853-02-26

02-26

1853

1

026

Slavin, Frank

AA

y

Boxing fight whipped Frank Slavin

PR

1892-06-08

06-08

1892

5

355

Slavin, Frank

AA

y

Slavin - Jackson boxing fight

GREL

1892-05-31

05-31

1892

5

343

Sleet, Simon

AA

y

Photo of ex-slave

GRH

1929-08-16

08-16

1929

9

285

Sleet, Simon

AA

y

Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI

GRH

1929-08-16

08-16

1929

9

286

Sloan, Wm

AA

y

Freed slaves from Kentucky to Detroit, MI

GRDEN

1856-11-20

11-20

1856

1

052

Slocum, Dr. H. W.

AA

y

Doctor removed body from grave

GRSEP

1876-02-05

02-05

1876

3

002

Small, Mrs. Elizabeth

AA

y

Accidentally burned to death at Bay City, MI

GREP

1893-02-02

02-02

1893

6

013

Smalls, Ex-Congressman

AA

y

Former slave gives relief to master's daughter

GRDE

1879-03-26

03-26

1879

3

054

Smith, Almon

AA

y

Guilty of unlawful use of automobile

GRH

1926-08-12

08-12

1926

9

249

Smith, Catherine

AA

y

Arrested for attempting to steal an auto

GRH

1935-07-14

07-14

1935

9

323

Smith, Cecil

AA

y

Arrested for attempting to steal an auto

GRH

1935-07-14

07-14

1935

9

323

Smith, Charles Howard

AA

y

Colored driver risks life for horse

GRH

1915-06-27

06-27

1915

8

066

Smith, Connor

AA

y

Colored vote in Republican county offices

GRPT

1904-07-15

07-15

1904

7

117

Smith, Ed

AA

y

To be examined on charge of hitting small boy with a stone

GRH

1897-07-31

07-31

1897

6

226

Smith, George

AA

y

White husband assaults colored wife

GRDE

1881-07-06

07-06

1881

3

130

Smith, Henry

AA

y

Henry Smith, rapist, burned at stake, Paris, TX

GREP

1893-02-02

02-02

1893

6

012

Smith, Henry

AA

y

Shot employer who died, is hanged

GREL

1892-03-26

03-26

1892

5

307

Smith, Hezekiah

AA

y

Ferrysburg resident very sick

GHET

1895-12-19

12-19

1895

6

132

Smith, Hezekiah G.

AA

y

Hezekiah G. Smith, 80, and Sarah Milier, 20, to wed

GHET

1894-07-28

07-28

1894

6

091

Smith, Jim

AA

y

Murderer jailed and lynched

GREL

1892-05-31

05-31

1892

5

341

Smith, John

AA

y

Wounded in robbery attempt, hung by mob

GHDT

1924-12-16

12-16

1924

9

208

Smith, John

AA

y

Sentenced for drunkenness

GREL

1891-04-24

04-24

1891

5

128

Smith, John W.

AA

y

Detroit mayor picks Inter-Racial Commission

GRH

1925-09-17

09-17

1925

9

224

Smith, Johnson

AA

y

Champion wood splitter of Michigan

RCC

1896-02-19

02-19

1896

6

147b

Smith, Kid

AA

y

Killed by turnkey at Monroe jail

GRE

1891-04-29

04-29

1891

5

132

Smith, Lee

AA

y

Shot deputy Gran Farish, lynched at Morrelton, KY

GRH

1922-12-10

12-10

1922

9

102

Smith, Mary

AA

y

Pleaded guilty of keeping a disorderly house

GRD

1897-10-02

10-02

1897

6

247

Smith, Miss Jennie

AA

y

A Blonde Schoolma'am of Lamont, MI weds Negro

GRDE

1887-12-10

12-10

1887

4

124

Smith, Mr.

AA

y

Colored man owns sawmill assaulted

DA&T

1869-06-24

06-24

1869

2

047

Smith, Mrs. Jessie

AA

y

Arrested in police raid - liquor found

GRP

1922-08-12

08-12

1922

9

062

Smith, Mrs. Sarah

AA

y

Dies at Grand Rapids, former resident of Grand Haven

GHDT

1923-12-24

12-24

1923

9

167

Smith, Ned

AA

y

Colored blind man, 45 yrs., sells newspapers

GHDT

1919-10-07

10-07

1919

8

126

Smith, Ned

AA

y

Blind Ned Smith to give concerts in Grand Haven

GHDT

1923-05-23

05-23

1923

9

112

Smith, Ned

AA

y

Blind man needs new wagon, Grand Haven

GHDT

1922-05-12

05-12

1922

9

018

Smith, Ned

AA

y

blind colored boy knows streets as if has full sight

GHET

1895-05-21

05-21

1895

6

116

Smith, Ned

AA

y

Ned Smith, blind boy, lost money on street, Grand Haven

GHDT

1910-09-28

09-28

1910

7

236

Smith, Rev. George N.

AA

y

Article

GRE

1858-09-28

09-28

1858

1

104

Smith, Rev. J. Morgan

AA

y

The Claims of the Colored Race

GRDE

1868-11-27

11-27

1868

2

025

Smith, William Russell

AA

y

Arrested for stealing

PR

1889-09-18

09-18

1889

4

240

Smith's Bayou

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

063

Smith's Bayou

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

064

Smith's Bayou

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

062

Smith's Opera House

AA

n

Pugilist in exhibition at Smith's opera house

GREL

1889-07-18

07-18

1889

4

220

Smithsonian Institute

AA

n

Has cast of Jeremiah in the African section of museum

DPD

1891-05-22

05-22

1891

5

138

Sojourner Truth

AA

y

Sojourner Truth Dead

GRDD

1883-11-27

11-27

1883

3

214

Sojourner Truth

AA

y

Recovered from illness

GREL

1881-05-11

05-11

1881

3

121

South

AA

n

Article - Carriage manufacturing by prisoners

GRE

1858-07-11

07-11

1858

1

098

South Carolina

AA

n

Colored representative from South Carolina

GRDT

1878-06-28

06-28

1878

3

032

South Carolina

AA

n

Aristocracy vs Farmers Alliance in South Carolina

PR

1890-07-23

07-23

1890

5

064

South Carolina

AA

n

Southern slavery not a thing of the past - South Carolina

PR

1901-03-13

04-13

1901

7

039

South Carolina

AA

n

New constitution disenfranchises negroes

GHDT

1897-12-28

12-28

1897

6

270b

South Carolina

AA

n

South Carolina Jubilee Singers - Power's Opera House

GRDL

1879-10-22

10-22

1879

3

086

South Carolina

AA

n

Expedition by 1st S. C. Volunteers

DA&T

1862-12-02

12-02

1862

1

156

South Carolina

AA

n

Against negro vote in South Carolina

PR

1890-12-24

12-24

1890

5

105

Southall, Ben

AA

y

11 yr. Old intoxicated - Lampman's lodging house

GRE

1885-01-02

01-02

1885

4

001

Southland Nightingales

AA

n

Concert at M.E. church in Grand Haven

GHDT

1914-02-23

02-23

1914

8

041

Southland Nightingales

AA

n

Negro Jubilee singers concert

GHDT

1914-02-23

02-23

1914

8

041

Sparks, Al

AA

y

Falls to death while drunk

GREL

1891-04-28

04-28

1891

5

129

Sparks, Al

AA

y

Falls to death under train wheels while drunk

GRE

1891-04-28

04-28

1891

5

131

Sparks, Charles

AA

y

Born 1807, ex-slave dies at Ypsilanti, MI

GRH

1901-08-20

08-20

1901

7

054

Sparks, Chas.

AA

y

Arrested for perjury, Grand Rapids, MI

GREL

1886-02-01

02-01

1886

4

048

Spears, James

AA

y

Examination on charges of assault and robbery

GHDT

1925-09-24

09-24

1925

9

230

Spears, James

AA

y

Charged with assault on Peter Plass, Spring Lake

GRH

1925-09-23

09-23

1925

9

228

Specht, Louis

AA

y

Shot employer who died, is hanged

GREL

1892-03-26

03-26

1892

5

307

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Colored Athletics vs Grandville-Jenison team

GRH

1921-07-27

07-27

1921

8

162

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Keller Pneumatic Tool baseball team defeated

GHDT

1919-08-30

08-30

1919

8

127

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Independents defeat Elster's Athletics

GHDT

1922-09-05

09-05

1922

9

070

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Major league quality ball to be played at Ramona Park

GRH

1928-04-19

04-19

1928

9

270

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

New baseball park to be located on Lyon Street

GRD

1894-03-01

03-01

1894

6

071

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Colored Athletics to play at Ramona Athletic Park

GRH

1923-09-30

09-30

1923

9

140

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Tigers vs Lambs baseball game at Lake Park

GREP

1901-04-15

04-15

1901

7

046

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Major league quality ball to be played at Ramona Park

GRH

1928-04-19

04-19

1928

9

271

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Athletics defeat Grand Haven Independents

GHDT

1922-09-05

09-05

1922

9

070

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Leonard Refrigerators defeat Elster's Colored Athletics

GRH

1928-05-16

05-16

1928

9

273

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Page Fence Giants play locals in game

GHDT

1901-07-30

07-30

1901

7

052

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Leonard Refrigerators defeat Fox Colored Giants

GRH

1928-05-20

05-20

1928

9

276

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Colored Athletics Defeat Grandville-Jenison team

GRH

1921-07-28

07-28

1921

8

163

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Chicago Colored Giants beat Keller Pneumatic Tool Co.

GHDT

1919-08-11

08-11

1919

8

119

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Negro players from Detroit play league at Grand Rapids

GRH

1922-05-04

05-04

1922

9

014

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Leonard Refrigerators defeat Fox Colored Giants

GRH

1928-05-20

05-20

1928

9

277

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Keller Pneumatic Tool ball team of Grand Haven

GHDT

1919-08-29

08-29

1919

8

123

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Page Fence Giants of Adrian play at Cincinnati, OH

GRD

1895-04-13

04-13

1895

6

113

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

'Billbobs' to play Elster's Athletics

GRH

1922-08-03

08-03

1922

9

058

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Jess Elster's Colored Athletics at Grand Rapids

GHDT

1919-08-29

08-29

1919

8

123

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Mr. Johnson, pitcher for Colored Athletics

GRH

1923-09-30

09-30

1923

9

141

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Local Independents vs Elster's Colored Athletics

GHDT

1922-06-06

06-06

1922

9

025

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Fineis Oils defeat Comstock Parks, Grand Rapids

GRH

1929-09-09

09-09

1929

9

290

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Colored Athletics

GHDT

1922-06-05

06-05

1922

9

023

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Eagles vs Elster Colored Athletics

GHDT

1920-07-12

07-12

1920

8

137

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Mabin's Colored Independents beat by Elster's Athletics

????

1922-07-30

07-30

1922

9

057

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Eagles Defeat Elster Colored Athletics

GHDT

1920-07-15

07-15

1920

8

138

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Hubbardston Independents vs Illinois Colored Giants

GRH

1925-09-11

09-11

1925

9

223

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Local Independents vs Elster's Colored Athletics

GHDT

1922-06-05

06-05

1922

9

024

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Reorganized Grand Rapids Independent baseball team

GREP

1902-08-12

08-12

1902

7

074

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Hartford Colored Giants vs Grand Haven Eagles

GHDT

1920-07-23

07-23

1920

8

139

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Northeasterns defeat Fox Colored Giants

GRH

1929-09-09

09-09

1929

9

290

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Hartford Colored Giants Beat Grand Haven Eagles

GHDT

1920-07-26

07-26

1920

8

140

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

New ball team - Colored Independents of Grand Rapids

GRH

1922-06-29

06-29

1922

9

038

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Eagles Beat Elster's Colored Athletics

GHDT

1920-06-16

06-16

1920

8

142

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Independents lose to Elster's Athletics

GHDT

1922-06-08

06-08

1922

9

027

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Colored Athletics vs Grand Haven Independents

GHDT

1921-06-16

06-16

1921

8

152

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Independents to play another colored team

GHDT

1922-06-10

06-10

1922

9

029

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Colored Athletics play House of David team

GRH

1922-06-23

06-23

1922

9

034

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Colored baseball team touring Michigan

GHDT

1904-05-26

05-26

1904

7

103

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Baseball player charged with murder

GRE

1891-04-13

04-13

1891

5

126

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

On Colored baseball league in Texas

GREP

1909-11-18

11-18

1909

7

217

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Athletics and Chippewa Indians winners yesterday

GRH

1922-07-24

07-24

1922

9

053

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Colored Giant baseball team to play local team

GREP

1902-04-29

04-29

1902

7

071

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Eagle baseball team playing Hartford Colored Giants

GHDT

1920-05-24

05-24

1920

8

134

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Baseball player severely assaulted

GRDD

1889-11-05

11-05

1889

4

258

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster's Athletics and Chippewa Indians winners yesterday

GRH

1922-07-24

07-24

1922

9

054

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Negro players from Detroit play league at Grand Rapids

GRH

1922-05-04

05-04

1922

9

015

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

House of David show anger in Saturday's game

GRH

1922-06-25

06-25

1922

9

037

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Rapids Central beats Pace Fence Giants

GRH

1922-05-06

05-06

1922

9

016

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Elster Colored Athletics vs Grandville-Jenison team

GRH

1921-07-26

07-26

1921

8

161

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Hartford Colored Giants, Chicago -play Eagle baseball team

GHDT

1920-05-14

05-14

1920

8

132

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

First twilight baseball game held at Grand Haven, MI

GHDT

1920-07-12

07-12

1920

8

136

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Photo of Jess Elster, colored baseball impressario

GRH

1921-07-24

07-24

1921

8

160

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Negro pitcher from Chicago to pitch for Colored Giants

GRH

1922-05-07

05-07

1922

9

017

Sports - Baseball

AA

n

Grand Haven Independents vs Zeeland American Legion

GHDT

1922-07-11

07-11

1922

9

044

Sports - Basketball

AA

n

Company F basketeers vs Spring Lake Orphans

GHDT

1922-02-21

02-21

1922

9

006

Sports - Biking

AA

n

League of American Wheelmen

GRD

1894-03-01

03-01

1894

6

071

Sports - Biking

AA

n

L.A.W. -white wheelmen refuse colored as members

GRH

1896-08-08

08-08

1896

6

158

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Boxing contest between Dixon and Wilson held

GHDT

1898-12-17

12-17

1898

6

292

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Exhibition of the manly art

GREL

1889-07-19

07-19

1889

4

222

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Billy Jones to fight Harry English

GRH

1933-08-20

08-20

1933

9

315

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Boxing match with James Jordan

GREL

1890-03-10

03-10

1890

5

042

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Clever with his dukes

GREL

1889-07-19

07-19

1889

4

221

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Pugilist in exhibition at Smith's opera house

GREL

1889-07-18

07-18

1889

4

220

Sports - Boxing

AA

y

Colored pugilist arrives for fight with Sullivan

GREL

1890-01-21

01-21

1890

5

014

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

George Dixon, pugilist, defeated by Frank Erne

GHDT

1896-11-28

11-28

1896

6

171

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Opinion of pugilist, Pete Jackson

GREL

1890-02-10

02-10

1890

5

032

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Pugilist wants double to fight a colored man

GRTH

1889-11-23

11-23

1889

4

261

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Colored boy boxed and professional

GREL

1889-04-16

04-16

1889

4

196

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Tut Jackson fights Jack Goyer - Washington, OH

GRH

1922-05-04

05-04

1922

9

013

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Pugilist knocked out by local pugilist, Birmingham, AL

GREL

1889-12-03

12-03

1889

4

262

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Boxing fight set between George Stewart & Jack Regan

GRD

1897-02-25

02-25

1897

6

190

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Sullivan vs Jackson

GREL

1892-09-09

09-09

1892

5

381

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Sullivan loses to Jim Corbett

GREL

1892-09-09

09-09

1892

5

382

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

The pugilistic color line

GREL

1892-09-09

09-09

1892

5

381

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Boxing fight whipped Frank Slavin

PR

1892-06-08

06-08

1892

5

355

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Slavin - Jackson boxing fight

GREL

1892-05-31

05-31

1892

5

343

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Colored boxers - 19 scraps held at Armory

GRH

1924-03-14

03-14

1924

9

173

Sports - Boxing

AA

n

Asserts Jack Johnson, pugilist, has done harm to race

GREP

1913-05-13

05-13

1913

8

033

Sports - Football

AA

n

Grand Haven H.S. vs Benton Harbor H.S.

GHDT

1914-10-17

10-17

1914

8

049

Sports - Swimming

AA

n

Margaret Woodbridge broke 2 American swimming records

GRH

1921-07-24

07-24

1921

8

157

Sports - Wrestling

AA

n

Wrestling match between white and black

GREL

1881-04-29

04-29

1881

3

119

Sports Cartoon

AA

n

Baseball teams

GRH

1921-07-24

07-24

1921

8

157

Spring Lake, MI

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

062

Spring Lake, MI

AA

n

Negro mammies/southern families at Spring Lake

GHDT

1914-06-15

06-15

1914

8

045

Spring Lake, MI

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

064

Spring Lake, MI

AA

n

History of colony of negroes driven from Smith's Bayou

GHDT

1915-05-14

05-14

1915

8

063

Springfield, MA

AA

n

2 Pastors and 2 women Nat'l Convention Congregationalists

GRH

1923-09-09

09-09

1923

9

117

Springfield, MA

AA

n

2 Pastors and 2 women Nat'l Convention Congregationalists

GRH

1923-09-09

09-09

1923

9

118

St. Charles, Arkansas

AA

n

5 negroes lynched by mob, St. Charles, AR

GRPT

1904-03-28

03-28

1904

7

094

St. Ignace, MI

AA

n

First colored man arrested in St. Ignace, MI

SIN

1887-10-18

10-18

1887

4

119

St. Joseph, MI

AA

n

Two negroes arrested for stealing at St. Joseph

GHDT

1914-05-27

05-27

1914

8

043

St. Joseph, MI

AA

n

White & Colored Stevedores trouble over price cutting

GRH

1897-07-18

07-18

1897

6

219

St. Louis

AA

n

Possible murder charges-assault on George Cosmodyce

GREL

1888-06-09

06-09

1888

4

136

St. Louis

AA

n

Colored Troops at St. Louis

DA&T

1863-08-25

08-25

1863

1

167

St. Mark's Episcopal

AA

n

Colored Episcopal preacher at St. Mark's church

GRH

1892-03-05

03-05

1892

5

289

St. Paul, MN

AA

n

Divided jury of St. Paul, MN

GRDE

1869-03-30

03-30

1869

2

032

St. Philip's Episcopal

AA

n

Negroes build church - St. Philip's Episcopal

GRP

1920-05-08

05-08

1920

8

130

Stanford, Senator

AA

y

Prominent in inducing negro migration to west

GREL

1891-08-24

08-24

1891

5

203

Stanley, Will

AA

y

Killed three children, burned alive, Temple Texas

GRH

1915-07-31

07-31

1915

8

069

Staples, Amelia

AA

y

Frank Taylor arrested for bastardy

GREL

1881-08-06

08-06

1881

3

133

Steele, George W., Jr.

AA

y

Remembers George W. Steele, Jr., dirigible commander

GRH

1924-10-26

10-26

1924

9

197

Steele, Rev. Dr.

AA

y

Speech on southern problem - suppress negro vote

PR

1890-07-30

07-30

1890

5

068

Steele, Rev. Dr.

AA

y

Speech on southern problem - suppress negro vote

PR

1890-08-27

08-27

1890

5

074

Stellman, Mrs. R. G.

AA

y

Assaulted and robbed by colored man

GREL

1891-06-16

06-16

1891

5

155

Stewart, Anna

AA

y

Arrested for assaulting Anna Stewart

GREL

1890-09-02

09-02

1890

5

075

Stewart, Fanny

AA

y

Died hanging out clothes at Detroit, MI

GRE

1887-03-10

03-10

1887

4

092

Stewart, George

AA

y

Arraign for disorderly conduct

GRE

1890-06-28

06-28

1890

5

061

Stewart, George A.

AA

y

Boxing fight set between George Stewart & Jack Regan

GRD

1897-02-25

02-25

1897

6

190

Stewart, Levi

AA

y

Levi Stewart, 100 yrs. old, dies

GREL

1890-03-29

03-29

1890

5

044

Stillwell, Miss Minnie

AA

y

Colored man shoots paramour, commits suicide

GREL

1890-12-12

12-12

1890

5

103

Stocking, C. C.

AA

y

Too many wives

GRE

1885-04-11

04-11

1885

4

012

Stone, Burgess & Co.

AA

n

Owes for ring purchased from jewelry

GRH

1910-12-09

12-09

1910

7

245

Stone, Jake

AA

y

Arrested for stealing Jake Stone and wife

GRDL

1879-08-27

08-27

1879

3

078

Storm, Rev. H.

AA

y

Establish mission church for colored community, Freesoil

GRH

1921-10-16

10-16

1921

8

164

Storrs, Rev. R. S., Jr.

AA

y

The Negro's Dream

GREQ

1851-03-26

03-26

1851

1

020

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

AA

y

Uncle Tom's Cabin Tonight

GRE

1864-12-05

12-05

1864

1

221

Stranger, David

AA

y

Arrested in killing

GRD

1891-05-25

05-25

1891

5

140

Straub, Alderman

AA

y

Has artificial legs thru efforts of Alderman Straub, Jackson

GRH

1899-08-31

08-31

1899

6

313

Strongfellow, Mr.

AA

y

Smallpox patient almost recovered

GHDT

1914-03-03

03-03

1914

8

042

Stuart, John

AA

y

Sent to State school at Coldwater

GRE

1886-04-01

04-01

1886

4

055

Stuart, Vine

AA

y

Injured at Comstock factory, Grand Rapids, MI

GREL

1890-07-30

07-30

1890

5

070

Suffrage

AA

n

Negro Suffrage

GRSEP

1879-02-22

02-22

1879

3

048

Suffrage

AA

n

The Muskegon News on the Suffrage Question

GRDE

1865-07-27

07-27

1865

1

233

Suffrage

AA

n

President Lincoln on Negro Suffrage

GRDE

1865-07-20

07-20

1865

1

231

Suffrage

AA

n

Opinion on Negro Suffrage by Stephen B. Weeks

GRE

1893-08-10

08-10

1893

6

047

Suffrage

AA

n

Negro Suffrage

GRDE

1868-01-06

01-06

1868

2

001

Suffrage

AA

n

Negro Suffrage

GRSEP

1879-02-22

02-22

1879

3

047

Suffrage

AA

n

Negro Suffrage Amendment

GRDE

1869-03-31

03-31

1869

2

033

Suffrage

AA

n

Negro Women's Suffrage

GRDL

1879-03-09

03-09

1879

3

049

Suffrage

AA

n

States Women Sufferagists convention, Grand Rapids

GREL

1885-07-10

07-10

1885

4

027

Suffrage

AA

n

Black Suffrage

GRDE

1865-10-11

10-11

1865

1

243

Suffrage

AA

n

Converted to Negro Suffrage

GRDE

1868-06-05

06-05

1868

2

010

Suffrage

AA

n

Letters from Plainwell regarding suffrage

AJ

1865-10-30

10-30

1865

1

250

Suffrage

AA

n

Article on Suffrage

AJ

1865-11-20

11-20

1865

1

252

Suffrage

AA

n

A Word to the Colored Men of Grand Rapids

GRDE

1870-11-07

11-07

1870

2

089

Suffrage

AA

n

Suffrage

GRDD

1866-01-15

01-15

1866

1

257

Suffrage

AA

n

1849 Legislature denise equal suffrage to negroes

GRP

1915-04-01

04-01

1915

8

059

Suffrage

AA

n

Election in Connecticut - Suffrage

GRDD

1865-12-13

12-13

1865

1

256

Sullivan, Dr. P. J.

AA

y

Urges deporting negro as solution to race problem

MC

1919-08-25

08-25

1919

8

120

Sullivan, John L.

AA

y

Pugilist wants double to fight a colored man

GRTH

1889-11-23

11-23

1889

4

261

Sullivan, John L.

AA

y

Colored pugilist arrives for fight with Sullivan

GREL

1890-01-21

01-21

1890

5

014

Sullivan, John L.

AA

y

Opinion of pugilist, Pete Jackson

GREL

1890-02-10

02-10

1890

5

032

Sumner, Hon. Charles

AA

n

Procession of Colored People

GRDT

1874-03-18

03-18

1874

2

146

Sunny South Company

AA

n

Sunny South Co. Show advertisement

GHDT

1915-02-06

02-06

1915

8

057

Sutton, Maggie

AA

y

Seeking to arrest for robbery of James Davis

GRD

1896-09-19

09-19

1896

6

159

Swamp House

AA

n

John Henderson shot and killed by Wm A. Clark

GRE

1882-03-27

03-27

1882

3

145

Sweeney, W. Allison

AA

y

Journalist will speak at Congregational Church, Grand Haven

GHDT

1909-06-27

06-27

1909

7

211

Swetland, Warren

AA

y

Enraged waiter assaults steward

GRH

1897-09-09

09-09

1897

6

242

Swift, James

AA

y

Assaulted by James Ray at Detroit

GRE

1891-11-04

11-04

1891

5

237

Transcriber: Evelyn M. Sawyer
Created: 21 June 2003