Omaha
OMAHA — A North Omaha landmark, built more than a century ago, is part of a national wave of religious buildings that will share $4 million awarded last week under a program to protect the legacy of America’s Black churches. The former Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3105 N. 24th St., is to benefit from a […]
OMAHA — “No one was ever held accountable for the lynching of George Smith.” So reads the last sentence of a freshly planted plaque that was unveiled Friday in front of the Douglas County Courthouse, marking the murder of a 20-year-old Black man at the hands of a White mob in 1891. On Friday, however, […]
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