Picketing

Title

Picketing

Description

This photograph from the Omaha Star shows North Omaha residents picketing for fair employment opportunities. One sign reads, "Don't buy where you can't work!" This strategy, called selective patronage, was very popular during this era.

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Source

Native Omaha Days, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011

Publisher

Omaha Star

Date

1950 circa

Contributor

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Format

still image

Type

image

Coverage

Omaha (Neb.)

Original Format

newspaper clipping

Files

nom_native_omaha_days_0045.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Picketing,” History Harvest, accessed December 7, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/44.

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