Timeline of racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska
- Timeline of racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska
The timeline of racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska lists events in African-American history in Omaha. These included racial violence, but also include many firsts as the African- American community built its institutions. Omaha has been a major industrial city on the edge of what was a rural, agricultural state. It has attracted a more diverse population than the rest of the state. Its issues were common to other major industrial cities of the early 20th century, as it was a destination for 19th and 20th century European immigrants, and internal white and African-American migrants from the South in the Great Migration. Many early 20th century conflicts arose out of labor struggles, postwar social tensions and economic problems, and hiring of later immigrants and black migrants as strikebreakers in the meatpacking and stockyard industries. Massive job losses starting in the 1960s with the restructuring of the railroad, stockyards and meatpacking industries contributed to economic and social problems for workers in the city.
19th century
2000s
ee also
*History of North Omaha, Nebraska
*Timeline of North Omaha, Nebraska history
*History of Omaha, Nebraska
*Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska
*African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska
*Greeks in Omaha, Nebraska
*Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska
References
External links
* [http://www.dreamlandomaha.org/html/fast_facts.html Fast Facts about Omaha's African American community]
* [http://www.discovernorthomaha.org/ Discover North Omaha website]
* [http://www.discoverblackomaha.com/ Discover Black Omaha] website
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