Category: Black leader

A Biography of Anna R. Woodbey

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date February 23, 2020
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One woman from North Omaha made it her life’s work to ban the demon’s spirit, juice, sauce, hooch, vino, and liquid courage from everywhere, all the time. This is a biography of Anna R. Woodbey.

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A Biography of Nathaniel Hunter

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date February 20, 2020
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This is a biography of a longtime African American leader in North Omaha’s history, Nathaniel Hunter.

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A Biography of Bertha Calloway

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date February 5, 2020
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This headline, "A dream comes true for Bertha Calloway," come from the Omaha World-Herald on June 7, 1981.

This is a biography of historian and North Omaha leader Bertha Calloway (1925-2017). She was a Civil Rights activist, museum founder, historian, author, student, educator, speaker, promoter, playwright, journalist, administrator, mentor, wife and mother.

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A History of Businesses Owned By African Americans in Omaha

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date December 28, 2019
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"A History of Businesses Owned by African Americans in Omaha" by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com.

This is a history of Black-owned businesses, African American entrepreneurship and more in North Omaha since 1854.

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A Biography of Jessie Hale-Moss

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date December 23, 2019
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This is a biography of Jessie Hale-Moss, a strong Black female leader in North Omaha who served as one of the first leaders of Omaha’s NAACP.

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A History of North Omaha’s Fair Deal Cafe

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date November 8, 2012
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This is the Fair Deal Cafe as it appeared in 2003, right before it permanently closed.

Soul food was served in mighty heaps at Omaha’s old “Black City Hall.” Learn about the legacy of the original Fair Deal Cafe…