Students at School during the Great Depression

Title

Students at School during the Great Depression

Subject

Great Depression

Description

Education has long been a key to African American community uplift in Omaha and across the Great Plains, despite the pervasive reality of segregation and discrimination. Black parents, students and their allies have consistently pressed for greater access to and improved standards in African American schools. Here, black students in Omaha during the Great Depression receive a lesson.

Source

Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011

Date

1930 circa

Rights

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

Format

still image

Type

image

Coverage

Omaha (Neb.)

Files

nom_gpbhm_0069.jpg

Citation

“Students at School during the Great Depression,” History Harvest, accessed March 29, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/723.

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