Omaha Firefighters
Title
Omaha Firefighters
Description
Black firefighters have a long history in Omaha, stretching back more than 100 years to the 1890s. Initially segregated, the Omaha Fire Department formally integrated its force in 1954, the same year as the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Source
Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Format
still image
Type
image
Coverage
Omaha (Neb.)
Files
Collection
Citation
“Omaha Firefighters,” History Harvest, accessed April 25, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/724.