Picketing Continues at Reeds
Title
Picketing Continues at Reeds
Description
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.
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Source
Native Omaha Days, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
Publisher
Omaha Star
Date
1953
Contributor
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Format
document
Language
English
Type
image
Coverage
Omaha (Neb.)
Original Format
newspaper clipping
Files
Collection
Citation
“Picketing Continues at Reeds,” History Harvest, accessed December 22, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/4.