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 ...
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On June 24, 1960, 14-year-old Vivian Strong was shot and killed by James Loder, a white police officer, while leaving a party in the Logan ...
"Edward Kuehl, one of the most peculiar characters that ever lived in Omaha, or anywhere else, was found dead in his bed last night in the back room of his place of ...
A riot-crazed mob stormed the burning Douglas County Courthouse on September 28, 1919, and lynched an African American, Will Brown. The victim, accused of raping a white ...
Founded in 1908, the Social Settlement of Omaha was created to help immigrant families acclimate to American life. To participate in the settlement, at least one ...
In recent years, some states, cities, and localities have augmented or replaced traditional observances of Columbus Day (now a federal holiday observed annually on the ...
The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, also known as Omaha World’s Fair, was held in Omaha, Nebraska, from June to November 1898. The Trans-Mississippi and ...
The armistice to end World War I signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month was greeted with great rejoicing in Nebraska towns. The state ...
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The first session of Omaha High School, now Central High School, was held on November 10, 1859, in Nebraska's territorial capitol on ...
World War I killed some 15 to 19 million people, but the 1918 flu pandemic was far worse. As the flu raged around the world, Nebraska communities responded.
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By David L. Bristow, Editor
Our state capitol is one of the nation’s most recognizable, but did you know it’s the third capitol built on that spot, and the fifth to ...
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant (2021)
“Newspapers are said to be the first draft of history.”
A short-lived twentieth-century newspaper now provides ...