Category: Black barber

20th century, 24th and Lake, Biographies, Black barber, Black businesses, Black businesspeople, Civil Rights Movement, Lost history, Near North Side, Ownership, Segregation2 Comments
This is the interior of the Alamo Barbership circa 1919. It was located at 2416 N. 24th St. for 36 years.

A History of the Alamo Barbershop

Adam Fletcher Sasse

This is a history of the Alamo Barber Shop operating by E.W. Killingsworth and R.C. Price in North Omaha for more than 25 years. Continue reading A History of the Alamo Barbershop

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Barber shop, 24th and Ames, North Omaha, Nebraska

A Biography of Richard D. Curry

Adam Fletcher Sasse

Many people live unremarkable lives filled with sameness and consistency, while some break the mold. Given the racist nature of Omaha, in the city’s early Black community, there are not a lot of noted Black people. This is the story … Continue reading A Biography of Richard D. Curry