This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. Churches, women's clubs, and sports teams are just a few of the featured organizations. There is also an article on the 'Mother of the Year" award, given to Mrs. Vincent. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
Native Omaha Days, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
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This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. Pageants, advertisements, and pool parties are just a few of the featured pieces. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This collage displays a wide range of community involvement programs and activities throughout North Omaha. This section is composed primarily of youth events, including a group of youth delegates was planning a trip to a national convention in Los Angeles, an Easter program put on by youth of the Church of Tabernacle First Christ. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This image from the Omaha Star shows a group of school children posing with their science experiments. The students pictured are Otis Bullion, Diana Lewis, Barry Gorum, Stephanie Hall, Billy Reed, Margaret Brown, Robert Lopez, and James Bland. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This is an image of members of the Omaha chapter of the Head Start program. Head Start, initiated as part of President Johnson's "Great Society," provided low-income children with a few weeks of pre-kindergarten education in order for them to be better prepared to enter school. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This is an image of the 1952 "Pennant Getters" who were part of a North Omaha baseball team. Some of the team members who are pictured are Billy Gray, Mel Daniels, Leroy Triggs, Clarence Hill, Thomas Franklin, Petey Allen, Joe Brooks, and Clavin Sanders. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
Omaha Archdiocesan Catholic Interracial Council Recommendations To Mayor's Bi-Racial Committee
This collage from the Omaha Star includes an article on the Mayor's Bi-Racial Committee, a photo of a priest, and a police squad car. The article reads, We the members of the Omaha Archdiocesan Catholic Interracial Council stat in spirit and in action with Archbishop Gerald T. (?)'s statement of policy (July 3, 1963) regarding Fair Employment and Open Occupancy in Housing. We strongly recommend the following actions to the Omaha Bi-Racial Committee: Employment: 1. The employers represent on this committee should publicize their policy of fair employment through Omaha Public and Private high school and college counselors. They should distribute a list of jobs currently available and the projected outlook for the next 10 years. This list should also include the academic or special training requirements for each occupation. 2. The Committee should make a positive attempt to break through the trades and crafts minority employment barrier. 3. The employers on this committee should initiate a recruitment program to secure qualified Negro college graduates for employment in the Engineering, Accounting and Personnel Fields and for Management Training Programs. 4. The employers on this committee should inform employment agencies that they are not in a prospective employee's color. 5. The Committee should assist Negroes, Indians, or other members of racial minority groups to overcome the handicap of past discriminatory practices. This assistance could be in the form granting loans to students, scholarships, or similar assistance... 6. The Committee should issue reports of progress quarterly to the Omaha Community. Housing: 1. The Bi-Racial Committee should adopt a resolution of Open Occupancy for Omaha Housing. 2. The Omaha Real Estate Board should also adopt an Open Occupancy for Omaha Housing. 3. The Omaha Real Estate Board must accept licensed Negro realtors of Omaha as members. 4. The City Council, with the backing of this committee, should pass a Fair Housing Ordinance of substance and courage. 5. This committee should obtain and distribute literature on "What to do in a racially changing neighborhood." (Aimed at stemming panic selling). General: 1. We strongly feel that the Mayor should immediately hire a full-time professional staff person and a secretary to work with the Human Relations Board. 2. The Businesses and groups represented on this Bi-Racial Committee should, for a definite period, donate some of their employees to form a staff to implement the decisions of this committee. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This image is of Raymond Miller, winner of the Omaha Star's bicycle contest in 1950. The contest was for newspaper boys, and Miller won by selling the most newspapers. The Schwinn bicycle was presented by editor Mildred Brown. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This is an image shows some members of a football team in North Omaha. No further information is provided. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
This collage of articles from the Omaha Star shows pictures for the Gala Family Day in 1955. This collage included winners of the Twelfth Annual Coronation Pageant and the 1955 "Miss Sepia" Pageant. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.