Omaha (Neb.)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Bertha Calloway, 1982 March 22, 2006 June 15
Ms. Calloway grew up in Denver, CO, and worked in Washington D.C. She relates her involvement in civil rights activities from the 1940s through the 1960s, and in the creation of the Great Plains Black Museum in Omaha.
Oral History Interview with Buddy Hogan, 1982 September 9, 2006 June 21
Mr. Hogan was born in Gordonsville, Virginia in 1942. He recounts his experiences growing up in Virginia, attending Boys Town, NE, and the St. Augustine Seminary in Mississippi, living in Omaha and his tenure as president of the Omaha NAACP.
Oral History Interview with Charles Tyler, 1981 August, 2006 May 23
Mr. Tyler recounts his experiences in Omaha and outstate Nebraska as an itinerant minister, starting in 1947, and doing oral history research in outstate Nebraska.
Oral History Interview with Darryl Eure, 1982 April 23, 2006 June 16
Mr. Eure was born in Omaha in 1950. He relates his involvement in the Omaha public schools (especially student activism at Central High School), in civil rights and anti-war activities, and in his work with the Afro Academy of Dramatic Arts in Omaha.
Oral History Interview with Frank Peak, 1982 April 27, 2006 June 19
Mr. Peak was born in Omaha in 1943. He recounts his U.S. Navy career during the Vietnam War and his involvement in the Black Panther Party in Omaha.
Oral History Interview with Lerlean N. Johnson, 1982 August 25, 2006 June 20
Ms. Johnson was born in St. Louis in 1932. She recounts her experiences growing up in St. Louis, MO, living in Hastings, NE, and her involvement in social services and school desegregation in Omaha, NE.
Oral History Interview with Rowena Moore, 1982 June 22, 2006 June 19
Ms. Moore was born in Oklahoma in 1910. She recounts her experiences growing up in Oklahoma and Omaha, NE, and her involvement with the Packinghouse Workers Union.
Oral History Interview with Wayne Lowden, 1982 March 18, 2006 June 14
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.