by evolempirecreative | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog
On March 1, 1867, President Andrew Johnson reluctantly signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska’s statehood. The signing ended the life of a territory which thirteen years earlier had been organized amid controversy. The quarrels at both the beginning and the end of...
by Chris Goforth | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog
By David L. Bristow, Editor Eliza Grayson was one of the very first enslaved people brought to Nebraska when the territory opened to white settlers in 1854. Her escape from Nebraska City and capture in Chicago created a sensation in 1860. In the archives of...
by Chris Goforth | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant African American students fought to seize their “educational destiny” in the 1960s, but history has been slow to acknowledge those efforts and amplify their voices. UNO’s double standard regarding the exclusivity of Black and...
by Chris Goforth | Feb 20, 2023 | Blog
By David L. Bristow, Editor The Omaha World-Herald reporter seemed surprised that Malcolm X smiled so much. The famous activist was not “the surly, white-baiting orator he was pictured to be in his Black Muslim days,” wrote Al Frisbee. Invited by a local civil...
by Chris Goforth | Jan 16, 2023 | Blog
On December 30th, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Lincoln and spoke at the Methodist Student Movement Conference at Pershing Auditorium. Approximately 5,000 people were in attendance to hear King’s speech, titled “Christian Responsibility in the...
