Black print with a white carnation : Mildred Brown and the Omaha star newspaper, 1938-1989 /

"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 b...

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Main Author: Forss, Amy Helene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Series:Women in the West
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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