R. Keith Gaddie, author of “Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act” (2016), addresses the successes of the Voting Rights Act, how the Voting Rights Act has...
Humanities Nebraska
Humanities Nebraska (HN) offered nine programs around the theme “Valuing the Vote.” In a combination of lecture and discussion format these programs focused on the hard-fought battles waged historically to give all American citizens the right to vote, consider the meaning of enfranchisement in the 21st century, and discuss what the future might hold for civic participation. Humanities Nebraska’s goal was to bring Nebraskans together to explore the fundamental concept that a strong democracy requires informed, engaged citizens, and to discuss the importance of voting and civic participation.
A panel discussion about how Black Americans in Omaha experienced the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Author Interview, Voting Rights, Humanities Nebraska
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote and Insisted on Equality for All
Professor Jennifer Harbour interviews Martha S. Jones about “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All,” selected by...
Two key figures in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement join us to talk about how they decided to stand up and make a difference for voting rights in the USA. Moderated by...
As girls, sisters Lynda Blackmon Lowery and Jo Ann Lowery Bland marched for Civil Rights in Alabama. Hear their powerful first-hand accounts as well as their vision for...
Panel discussion featuring Nebraska State Senator Anna Wishart, Sarpy County Election Commissioner Michelle Andahl, League of Women Voters of Nebraska (LWVN) Voter...
Meet Omaha-born Doris Stevens, a largely forgotten suffragist who worked with Alice Paul and other well-known members of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement...
Lecture, Voting Rights, Humanities Nebraska
Clues to Clara Bewick Colby: The Rediscovery of Local Women’s History
The story of Clara Bewick Colby, a suffragist who lived in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Lecture, Voting Rights, Humanities Nebraska
A Century of Women’s Suffrage: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
Dr. Dianne Bystrom explains the grassroots efforts of American women to win the vote.
