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2. Omaha Has A Pretty Sordid Past

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 12:53 AM

Mar 2013

The granddaddy is described in the link below but it has suffered through race riots in 1966 and 1968 as well as being subjected to racial bussing and red lining in housing cases and other seamy events relating to race relations. Malcolm X was born in Omaha but the Ku Klux Klan forced the family to flee the city.

http://www.examiner.com/article/omaha-s-ugly-racial-history-includes-a-1919-downtown-lynching-and-mob-riot

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It All Started Innocently Enough [View all] DallasNE Mar 2013 OP

Looks pretty bad. Warpy Mar 2013 #1

Omaha Has A Pretty Sordid Past DallasNE Mar 2013 #2

What the hell is this? defacto7 Mar 2013 #3

increase the stupid sigmasix Mar 2013 #4

Interesting Point Since DallasNE Mar 2013 #5

Message auto-removed DougieDoug Apr 2013 #7

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