Omaha, Nebraska's Patton Hotel

Title

Omaha, Nebraska's Patton Hotel

Description

Prior to the civil rights era, throughout the urban North, most white-owned hotels refused to allow black patrons to stay in their rooms. Black-owned hotels in segregated African American neighborhoods, like the Patton Hotel in Omaha, provided important accommodations for black musicians and other travelers when they came through the city. Some musicians would later reminisce about the “jam sessions” that took place at these African American hotels and the sense of “togetherness” they felt when they stayed there.

Source

Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2012

Rights

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

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still image

Type

image

Coverage

Omaha (Neb.)

Original Format

photograph

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Citation

“Omaha, Nebraska's Patton Hotel,” History Harvest, accessed December 7, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/728.

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