African Americans in Brownville, 1864. Slavery was legal in Nebraska for several years, but the 1860 census recorded only fifteen slaves out of eighty-one black residents in the Territory. Still, the Legislature had to override the governor’s veto to abolish Nebraska slavery in January 1861. Nebraska’s black population grew during waves of black migration from the South following Reconstruction and during World War I. History Nebraska RG3190-285x
““African Americans in Nebraska History: A Special Double Issue” (Fall/Winter 2010) is one of the most popular issues of Nebraska History magazine that we’ve published. Few printed copies are left, but we’ve made all of the articles available for free download. Articles in PDF format are linked below; scroll down past the cover sheet to begin each article.
- Introduction – David L. Bristow
- “Equality Before the Law”: Thoughts on the Origin of Nebraska’s State Motto – James E. Potter
- Always on My Mind: Frederick Douglass’s Nebraska Sister – Tekla Ali Johnson, John R. Wunder, Abigail B. Anderson
- “A Double Mixture”: Equality and Economy in the Integration of Nebraska Schools, 1858-1883 – David J. Peavler Trowbridge
- Lest We Forget: The Lynching of Will Brown, Omaha’s 1919 Race Riot – Orville D. Menard
- The New Negro Movement in Lincoln, Nebraska – Jennifer Hildebrand
- Mildred Brown and the De Porres Club: Collective Activism in Omaha, Nebraska’s Near North Side, 1947-1960 – Amy Helene Forss
- Postscript: Mocking the Klan – Deb Arenz
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