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Great Plains Panel: Legacies of Jim Crow in Omaha
Paul A. Olson Seminar Series
5:30 pm –
7:00 pm
Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center at UNO Room: CEC 201/205/209
Target Audiences:
6400 S University Dr Rd N
Omaha NE 68182
Omaha NE 68182
Contact:
Katie Nieland, (402) 472-3965, knieland2@unl.edu
Learn about how the legacy of the Jim Crow era in Omaha continues to affect the city today with several panelists, moderated by Jeannette Jones (Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies at UNL).
Panelists:
Chris Dando (UNO, Geography) works with the Omaha Spatial Justice Project, which seeks to examine how redlining and restrictive housing rules shaped the racial make up of mid-Century Omaha into present day.
Eric L. Ewing is the Executive Director of the Great Plains Black History Museum, which has been dedicated to preserving the history and telling the stories of African Americans in the Great Plains for 50 years.
Salvador Lindquist (UNL, Landscape Architecture) has studied the elevated heat island effect in historically redlined areas of Omaha, finding a 10-degree difference in average temperatures in these neighborhoods. His data has been crucial to understanding the effects of heat-related health issues in Omaha.
Join us for a reception afterward in the lower commons lounge for refreshments and conversation.
Redlining is the practice of systemic disinvestment of resources and services from residents of certain communities based on race. In the New Deal era, bank lenders, insurers, and government agencies-but most notably the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation-would draw red lines on maps to indicate neighborhoods with minority occupants, deeming them “high-risk for mortgage lenders.” In these “redlined” neighborhoods, residents were refused loans, subjected to predatory lending with unfavorable terms, and denied financial services or had limited access to those services.
Panelists:
Chris Dando (UNO, Geography) works with the Omaha Spatial Justice Project, which seeks to examine how redlining and restrictive housing rules shaped the racial make up of mid-Century Omaha into present day.
Eric L. Ewing is the Executive Director of the Great Plains Black History Museum, which has been dedicated to preserving the history and telling the stories of African Americans in the Great Plains for 50 years.
Salvador Lindquist (UNL, Landscape Architecture) has studied the elevated heat island effect in historically redlined areas of Omaha, finding a 10-degree difference in average temperatures in these neighborhoods. His data has been crucial to understanding the effects of heat-related health issues in Omaha.
Join us for a reception afterward in the lower commons lounge for refreshments and conversation.
Redlining is the practice of systemic disinvestment of resources and services from residents of certain communities based on race. In the New Deal era, bank lenders, insurers, and government agencies-but most notably the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation-would draw red lines on maps to indicate neighborhoods with minority occupants, deeming them “high-risk for mortgage lenders.” In these “redlined” neighborhoods, residents were refused loans, subjected to predatory lending with unfavorable terms, and denied financial services or had limited access to those services.
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