African Americans have lived in Hastings since the 1860s. In 1876, Horace G. Newsom started the first Black-owned newspaper in Nebraska.Paz, D.G. (1996). "The Black Press and the Issues of Race, Politics, and Culture on the Great Plains of Nebraska, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985.
African Americans have lived in Hastings since the 1860s. In 1876, Horace G. Newsom started the first Black-owned newspaper in Nebraska.Paz, DG. (1996). "The, Black Press and the Issues of ,Race Politics and Culture on the Great Plains of Nebraska, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middl.e West, 1865-1985.