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April 26, 1937
NEGROES
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
The Civic organizations which have functioned among Negroes over a long period of years are Women's Clubs, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Legion, and the Civic Council.
In the early 1890's, there was a very fine club of colored women functioning in Omaha, which affiliated with and collaborated with the white women's clubs of that period. One of the leaders of the Colored Women's Club of that period was Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, who is now living in Omaha and who is the proprietor of one of the best schools of beauty culture in the central west, and is the author a text-book on that subject which is used in schools throughout the United States.
The work of the Women's Club was designed to improve the lot of colored women morally and culturally. In the light of all of the difficulties which they faced at that time, they justified their existence. They gave programs of various kinds, presenting, on occasion, lecturers of national repute, musical artists, and men and women of literary attainment. They aided, also, in the development of manners and in the propagation of information for the improvement of motherhood and the rearing and training of children. These clubs have been maintained since that period and there are several such clubs in the city at this time, functioning helpfully in their chosen field of service. The leaders of the club groups in Omaha today is Mrs. Vera Graham. They have somewhat enlarged their programs, so as to include study clubs,
Unpublished description of civic organizations supported by the black community in Omaha Nebraska, including National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Legion (Theodore Roosevelt Post), Civic Council and Women's Club. Document contains references to Kathryn Wilson, John Albert Williams and H.J. Pinkett. Document was written for the Works Progress Administration in 1937.
Subject
Blacks; Demography; Ethnic groups; Nebraska; Omaha (Neb.); United States; Blacks--History; Civic leaders; Women civic leaders; Community life; Blacks--Associations, institutions, etc.;
Repository
UNO Libraries’ Archives & Special Collections
Repository Collection
W.P.A. Works Progress Administration. Box 6. Folder 95.
Unpublished description of civic organizations supported by the black community in Omaha Nebraska, including National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Legion (Theodore Roosevelt Post), Civic Council and Women's Club. Document contains references to Kathryn Wilson, John Albert Williams and H.J. Pinkett. Document was written for the Works Progress Administration in 1937.
Subject
Blacks; Demography; Ethnic groups; Nebraska; Omaha (Neb.); United States; Blacks--History; Civic leaders; Women civic leaders; Community life; Blacks--Associations, institutions, etc.;
Repository
UNO Libraries’ Archives & Special Collections;
Repository Collection
W.P.A. Works Progress Administration. Box 6. Folder 95.
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YELLOW
April 26, 1937
NEGROES
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
The Civic organizations which have functioned among Negroes over a long period of years are Women's Clubs, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Legion, and the Civic Council.
In the early 1890's, there was a very fine club of colored women functioning in Omaha, which affiliated with and collaborated with the white women's clubs of that period. One of the leaders of the Colored Women's Club of that period was Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, who is now living in Omaha and who is the proprietor of one of the best schools of beauty culture in the central west, and is the author a text-book on that subject which is used in schools throughout the United States.
The work of the Women's Club was designed to improve the lot of colored women morally and culturally. In the light of all of the difficulties which they faced at that time, they justified their existence. They gave programs of various kinds, presenting, on occasion, lecturers of national repute, musical artists, and men and women of literary attainment. They aided, also, in the development of manners and in the propagation of information for the improvement of motherhood and the rearing and training of children. These clubs have been maintained since that period and there are several such clubs in the city at this time, functioning helpfully in their chosen field of service. The leaders of the club groups in Omaha today is Mrs. Vera Graham. They have somewhat enlarged their programs, so as to include study clubs,
