Oral History Interview with Wayne Lowden, 1982 March 18, 2006 June 14
Abstract
Mr. Lowden recounts growing up in Glenwood, IA, and living in Omaha, NE, starting in the 1940s. He tells his experiences as a white realtor working in a segregated housing market, and Omaha civil rights activities in the 1960s.
Dates
- 1982 March 18
- Digitization: 2006 June 14
Digital Repository
Oral History Interview with Wayne Lowden
Language of Materials
Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.
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Extent
1 Items ; 2 hours, 23 minutes, 10 seconds
General
Transcript available.
- Black Studies Department, University of Nebraska-Omaha
- Citizens Coordinating Committee for Civil Liberties
- Civil rights -- Glenwood (Iowa)
- Glenwood (Iowa) -- 20th century
- Great Plains Black Museum (Omaha, Neb.)
- Lowden, Wayne (Interviewee)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Nebraska Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- Omaha (Neb.)
- Omaha (Neb.) -- 20th Century
- Real estate business
- Smith, Alonzo
- Social life and customs -- Omaha (Neb.)
- Urban league -- Omaha (Neb.)
Source
- Nebraska State Historical Society (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository