Category: Omaha Police Department

• A History of Duffy Drugs

  

  Going back to 1886, the southwest corner of 24th and Lake has been vital to North Omaha! Its first Black-owned business didn’t happen until 1968 though. Find out more in this history of Duffy Drugs!

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  April 22, 2019

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 24th and Lake, architecture, biography, Black businesses, Buildings, Drug store, historic preservation, Lost history, music, Omaha Police Department, Pioneer era, Race riot, White flight

• The Lynching of Will Brown

  

  This is a summary of the lynching of Will Brown in 1919.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 19, 2019

  20th century, Americans, biography, Black people, crime, ethnic groups, government, Lost history, Omaha Police Department, Politics, Race riot, racism, society

• “FRAMED” Chapter 22 by Michael Richardson

  

  In this chapter, Mondo we Langa is quoted saying “…they simply could not let an African man who called police “pigs” get away with that.”

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 27, 2018

  20th century, African Americans, biography, crime, economics, ethnic groups, government, History of Nebraska, Lost history, Michael Richardson, Near North Side, Omaha Police Department, Poindexter and we Langa, Politics, poverty, racism, self-published, society

• A History of African American Firsts in Omaha

  

  This is a list of African American firsts in Omaha.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 22, 2018

  18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, African Americans, biography, Churches, culture, economics, ethnic groups, historic preservation, history, Lost history, North Omaha, Omaha Police Department, Organizations, Pioneer era, Politics, racism, wealthy

• “FRAMED” Chapter 21 by Michael Richardson

  

  This chapter of FRAMED by Michael Richardson focuses on a lie told on the court stand…

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 22, 2018

  20th century, African Americans, crime, economics, government, Lost history, Michael Richardson, North Omaha, Omaha Police Department, Poindexter and we Langa, Politics, poverty, racism