Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989

by Amy Helene Forss and Amy Forss

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 of town--and an iconic city leader. Her remarkable life, a product of the Reconstruction era and Jim Crow, reflects a larger American history that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803246900
• ISBN13: 9780803246904
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"