03610nam a2200457 i 4500 ebr10806345 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130701t20132013nbua ob 001 0beng|d 9780803246904 (pbk.) 9780803249547 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)869434636 n-us-nb PN4874.B7815 F67 2013eb 070.92 B 23 Forss, Amy Helene. Black print with a white carnation : Mildred Brown and the Omaha star newspaper, 1938-1989 / Amy Helene Forss. Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Women in the West Includes bibliographical references and index. part 1. Laying the foundation -- part 2. Ensuring her success -- part 3. Transferring ownership to the community. "Mildred Dee Brown (1905-89) was the cofounder of Nebraska's Omaha Star, the longest running black newspaper founded by an African American woman in the United States. Known for her trademark white carnation corsage, Brown was the matriarch of Omaha's Near North Side--a historically black part of town--and an iconic city leader. Her remarkable life, a product of the Reconstruction era and Jim Crow, reflects a larger American history that includes the Great Migration, the Red Scare of the post-World War era, civil rights and black power movements, desegregation, and urban renewal. Within the context of African American and women's history studies, Amy Helene Forss's Black Print with a White Carnation examines the impact of the black press through the narrative of Brown's life and work. Forss draws on more than 150 oral histories, numerous black newspapers, and government documents to illuminate African American history during the political and social upheaval of the twentieth century. During Brown's fifty-one-year tenure, the Omaha Star became a channel of communication between black and white residents of the city, as well as an arena for positive weekly news in the black community. Brown and her newspaper led successful challenges to racial discrimination, unfair employment practices, restrictive housing covenants, and a segregated public school system, placing the woman with the white carnation at the center of America's changing racial landscape. "-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Brown, Mildred Dee, 1905-1989. Omaha star. African American women newspaper editors Nebraska Omaha Biography. Newspaper editors Nebraska Omaha Biography. African American newspapers Nebraska Omaha. Electronic books. Print version: Forss, Amy Helene. Black print with a white carnation : Mildred Brown and the Omaha star newspaper, 1938-1989. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013] xii, 241 pages Women in the West 9780803246904 (DLC) 2013024669 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10806345 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 145902 145902