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National Guard quells two days of rioting in North Omaha in July. [36] 1966 Racial discrimination: A Time for Burning, a documentary made featuring North Omaha and its issues, is released. Later that year it is nominated for an Oscar. 1968 Race Riot: National Guard quells North Omaha riots in April after the assassination of Martin Luther King ...
Riots and civil unrest related to civil rights and the Vietnam War chronological order; Date Issue Event July 4, 1966: Race relations After a 103-degree day, a crowd of African Americans gathered at North 24th and Lake streets in the evening. They responded violently when the Omaha Police Department requested their dispersal. The crowd ...
In 1955, the State of Nebraska took Omaha's main amusement park, Peony Park, to district court. The state believed that the park, founded in 1919, violated Nebraska Civil Rights Law when African American swimmers at the Amateur Athletic Union Swimming Meet held at the park on August 27, 1955 were discriminated against. In State of
1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska (race riots) 1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots , July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois 1966 – 1966 New York City riots , July 14–20, New York City , New York , A riot broke out following a dispute between white and black youths.
Achievements of the movement in Omaha included the desegregation of city facilities in the late 1950s, the 1964 event of Omahan Gale Sayers becoming the first African American NFL player to share a room with a white player, [33] and the 1966 production of the Oscar-nominated documentary A Time for Burning, which tracked the sentiment of 1960s ...
A Time for Burning is a 1966 American documentary film that explores the attempts of the minister of Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white congregation to reach out to "Negro" Lutherans in the city's north side.
In April 1968, the National Guard quelled North Omaha riots that erupted after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In the summer of 1969, riots broke out after a white Omaha police officer fatally shot a 14-year-old girl named Vivian Strong in the back, in the Logan Fontenelle Projects. Three days of rioting effectively destroyed the ...
1966 On July 5, the National Guard is called to quell two days of rioting among African Americans in North Omaha. [11] 1968 Riots erupt in North Omaha in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1969 Riots erupt on June 24 after an Omaha police officer fatally shoots teenager Vivian Strong in the Logan Fontenelle Housing ...