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This list of African American historic places in Omaha, Nebraska features some sites on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Others have been designated Omaha Landmarks ( OL ).
African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska, are central to the development and growth of the 43rd largest city in the United States.While population statistics show almost constantly increasing percentages of Black people living in the city since it was founded in 1854, [1] Black people in Omaha have not been represented equitably in the city's political, social, cultural, economic or educational ...
Pages in category "African-American history in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The museum is one of the largest historical and cultural institutions devoted to African-American life west of the Mississippi River. [ 6 ] The museum closed in 2001 after the director Jim Calloway, the son of founder Bertha Calloway, failed to get what he thought was the needed level of funding from the City of Omaha and Douglas County after ...
African Americans in Nebraska or Black Nebraskans are residents of the state of Nebraska who are of African American ancestry. With history in Nebraska from the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Civil War, emancipation, the Reconstruction era, resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Right movement, into current times, African Americans have ...
African-American history in Omaha, Nebraska (45 P) Pages in category "African-American history of Nebraska" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first church for African Americans in Nebraska, organized in North Omaha in 1867. [3] It is located at 2402 North 22nd Street in the Near North Side neighborhood. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Near North Side of Omaha, Nebraska is the neighborhood immediately north of downtown. It forms the nucleus of the city's historic African-American community, and its name is often synonymous with the entire North Omaha area. Originally established immediately after Omaha was founded in 1854, the Near North Side was once confined to the area ...