Omaha, Nebraska's DePorres Club Members Protesting Discriminatory Hiring Practices.
In 1953, the DePorres Club mounted a successful campaign against Reed’s Ice Cream for discriminatory hiring practices. Here, members of the organization picket outside of Reed’s and talk to community members about their protest. Note the sign held by one of the demonstrators, which draws on African American military service to make an argument for equality at home.
Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
1953
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Creedo and Pledge of the Omaha, Nebraska Deporres Club
From its founding in 1947 through the 1950s, the DePorres Club was the leading civil rights organization in Omaha. Organized by Fr. John Markoe at Creighton University, this student-led integrationist group led some of the earliest civil rights protests in the city against employment discrimination, school segregation and housing discrimination. The DePorres Club followed this Credo written by Fr. Markoe.
Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
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Picketing Continues at Reeds
<p>This article describes an effort by the DePorres Club of Omaha to compel Reed's Ice Cream to hire African American employees. The DePorres Club was a civil rights organization that operated in Omaha between 1947 and 1960. Members included Mildred Brown, publisher of the Omaha Star, and the Reverend John Markoe of Creighton University. Picketing and boycotting were popular methods used by the club to encourage African American community to not patronize businesses where they could not be employed.</p>
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Omaha Star
1953
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