The civil rights movement in Omaha has roots that extend back to 1912, when the first chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People west of the Mississippi River was founded in the city.Nebraska Writers Project. (1940) The Negroes of Nebraska . Works Progress Administration. Woodruff Printing Company. p. 45.
The civil rights movement in Omaha has roots that extend back to 1912, when the first chapter of the National Association for the Adva.ncement of Colored People west of the Mississippi River was founded. in the city.Nebraska Writers Project. (1940) The Negroes of Nebraska  Works Progress Administration Woodruff Printing Company. p. 45.