Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989
by
Amy Helene Forss
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
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...