the first recorded instance of black person in omaha area occurred in 1804, when york came area slave belonging william clark of lewis , clark expedition. presence of several black people, enslaved, recorded in area comprising north omaha today when major stephen h. long s expedition arrived @ fort lisa in september 1819. reportedly lived @ post , in neighboring farmsteads. first free black person in nebraska sally bayne, moved omaha in 1854. clause in original proposed nebraska state constitution 1854 limited voting rights in state free white males . language prevented nebraska entering union year. in 1860s, u.s. census showed 81 negroes in nebraska, ten of whom accounted slaves. @ time, majority of population lived in omaha , nebraska city. 1880s, city had approximately 500 black residents. neighborhood on near north side grew in north omaha, including businesses, churches , many homes.
in 1910 omaha s african-american population of 4,426 residents third-largest in western united states. growing meatpacking industry recruited african american , immigrant workers. 1920s-50s, north omaha destination african americans during great migration south.
the african-american renaissance in omaha flourished, part of larger boom time in prohibition era. documentary reports that, on surface black community appeared quite stable. center several-block district north of downtown. there on hundred black-owned businesses, , there number of black physicians, dentists, , attorneys. on twenty fraternal organizations , clubs flourished. church life diverse. of more forty denominations, methodists , baptists predominated.
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