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Mr. Mackey enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1965. He recounts his experiences at school and in the corporate world after graduating.

Mr. Jenkins was born in Selma Alabama in 1912. He recounts his involvment with the 4CL civil rights issues in Omaha in the 1960's and as a member of the School Board.

Mr. Eure was born in Omaha in 1950. He relates his involvement in the Omaha public schools (especially student activism at Central High School) in civil rights and anti-war activities and in his work…

Mr. McVoy was born in Florida in 1922. He recounts his experiences growing up in Florida traveling in the Merchant Marines living in New York and in Omaha NE in the 1950s and 1960s and his…

Ms. Eure was born in Omaha NE in 1925. She recounts her experiences growing up in Omaha her involvement with civil rights in the 1940s through the 1960s and her work with the Afro Academy of Dramatic…

Mr. Hogan was born in Gordonsville Virginia in 1942. He recounts his experiences growing up in Virginia attending Boys Town NE and the St. Augustine Seminary in Mississippi living in Omaha and his…

Mr. Rice was born in Omaha Nebraska in 1947. He recounts his experiences growing up in Omaha attending Creighton University his involvement in the Black Panther Party and his life in prison.

Ms. Johnson was born in St. Louis in 1932. She recounts her experiences growing up in St. Louis MO living in Hastings NE and her involvement in social services and school desegregation in Omaha NE.

Mr. Holland was born in Concordia Kansas in 1926. He recounts his experiences living in Chicago in the late 1940's and in Omaha starting in the early 1950's. He also relates his involvment…

Mr. Love was born in Omaha in 1921. He recounts his experiences growing up in Omaha working with the Count Basie Orchestra directing the Motown Band in Los Angeles and his own band in and around…

Mr. Mullen was born in Hastings Nebraska in 1934. He recounts his experiences growing up in Hastings and living in Omaha starting in 1954.

Mr. Peak was born in Omaha in 1943. He recounts his U.S. Navy career during the Vietnam War and his involvement in the Black Panther Party in Omaha.

Ms. Moore was born in Oklahoma in 1910. She recounts her experiences growing up in Oklahoma and Omaha NE and her involvement with the Packinghouse Workers Union.

Mr. Robinson was born in Lincoln NE in 1923. After living outside Nebraska until about 1940 he recounts his experiences in Lincoln's Malone Neighborhood.

Ms. Robinson recounts her experiences growing up in Austin TX and later in Lincoln NE starting in about 1942.

Ms. Hariston recounts her experiences in Arkansas as a girl and in Omaha NE starting in 1936.