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Flashback Friday: NAACP Youth Council’s Peaceful Swimming Pool Protest Deemed “hysteria” in 1963 Omaha
A number of people at the Peony Park pool in Omaha in 1930. The pool was not de-segregated until 1963.
Simone Manuel made history at the 2016 Summer ...
Marker Monday: The Armour and Company Icehouse
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The Armour and Company Icehouse was built in 1897-98 northwest of Memphis, Nebraska. It was one of the largest ...
History in Glass Plate Negatives
Today you can easily snap a photo with your cell phone or digital camera. But capturing a photograph was a complex and time-consuming process in the early days of ...
“Wild Bill” Hickok in Nebraska
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876), ca. 1869. (RG2603.PH0-000006)
Before the Civil War, James Butler Hickok was a driver for Russell, Majors, & ...
Senator George Norris’s snarky letter to an auto dealer
George Norris is remembered as both an influential US senator and a dignified, gentle man. But he could still go off on someone when he needed to.
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Marker Monday: Old Dodge School, World War II P.O.W. Branch Camp
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Old Dodge School served as one of two branch camps in Hall County housing German prisoners of war. On July 9, 1944, Leo B. Stuhr, president of the county ...
A Homestead Heirloom
Ford Conservation Center staff recently worked on bringing an almost 150-year-old family heirloom back to life. This project was a framed homestead certificate, which ...
Omaha’s Memorial Park Riots of 1971
In July 1971, Omaha's Memorial Park saw four nights of a “bottle-throwing, club-swinging clash between youths and police."
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From the East Coast to Omaha University in the 1960s
"A real-life Jersey Boys story played out in Omaha six decades ago that revolved around athletics and academics, with a little bit of singing mixed in," writes ...
When Nebraskans Celebrated July 4th with KKK Cross Burning
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
July 4, 1924, saw the start of a three week cross-burning frenzy in the Nebraska Panhandle. The next day the Scottsbluff Star ...
Seward, 4th of July City
Seward is known across Nebraska as the 4th of July City. Since 1868 they have sponsored a yearly 4th of July celebration nearly every year.
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“I haven’t seen an honestly prejudiced person yet.” Ending segregation at Lincoln’s public swimming pool
Joseph Ishikawa came to Nebraska from a Colorado internment camp during World War II. As a city employee in 1946 he challenged a longstanding policy barring African ...
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