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The [[Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska|civil rights movement in Omaha]] has roots that extend back to 1912, when the first chapter of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] west of the [[Mississippi River]] was founded in the city.<ref>Nebraska Writers Project. (1940) ''[http://www.memoriallibrary.com/NE/Ethnic/Negro/ The Negroes of Nebraska].'' Works Progress Administration. Woodruff Printing Company. p. 45.</ref> |
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The [[Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska|civil rights movement in Omaha]] has roots that extend back to 1912, when the first chapter of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] west of the [[Mississippi River]] was founded in the city.<ref>Nebraska Writers Project. (1940) ''[http://www.memoriallibrary.com/NE/Ethnic/Negro/ The Negroes of Nebraska].'' Works Progress Administration. Woodruff Printing Company. p. 45.</ref> |
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The [[Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado (1913)|Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913]] destroyed much of the city's [[African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska|African-American]] community, in addition to much of Midtown Omaha.<ref>[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/archive/1913_Omaha_Tor/omahatornado.php "Easter came early in 1913"], [[NOAA]] National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. Retrieved 9/6/08.</ref> |
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The [[Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado (1913)|Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913]] destroyed much of the city's [[African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska|African-American]] community, in addition to much of Midtown Omaha.<ref>[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/archive/1913_Omaha_Tor/omahatornado.php "Easter came early in 1913"], [[NOAA]] National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. Retrieved 9/6/08.</ref>dust bowl |
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Six years later, in 1919, the city was caught up in the [[Red Summer]] riots when thousands of ethnic whites marched from South Omaha to the courthouse to lynch a black worker, Willy Brown, a suspect in an alleged rape of a white woman. The mob burned the [[Douglas County Courthouse (Nebraska)|Douglas County Courthouse]] to get the prisoner, causing more than $1,000,000 damage. They hung and shot Will Brown, then burned his body.<ref>(1994) ''Street of Dreams.'' (VHS) Nebraska Public Television.</ref> Troops were called in from Fort Omaha to quell the riot, prevent more crowds gathering in South Omaha, and to protect the black community in North Omaha.<ref>Leighton, G.R. (1939) ''Five Cities: The Story of Their Youth and Old Age.'' Ayer Publishing. p. 212.</ref> |
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Six years later, in 1919, the city was caught up in the [[Red Summer]] riots when thousands of ethnic whites marched from South Omaha to the courthouse to lynch a black worker, Willy Brown, a suspect in an alleged rape of a white woman. The mob burned the [[Douglas County Courthouse (Nebraska)|Douglas County Courthouse]] to get the prisoner, causing more than $1,000,000 damage. They hung and shot Will Brown, then burned his body.<ref>(1994) ''Street of Dreams.'' (VHS) Nebraska Public Television.</ref> Troops were called in from Fort Omaha to quell the riot, prevent more crowds gathering in South Omaha, and to protect the black community in North Omaha.<ref>Leighton, G.R. (1939) ''Five Cities: The Story of Their Youth and Old Age.'' Ayer Publishing. p. 212.</ref> |