Omaha (Neb.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.