In the 1950s in Omaha, Neb., the multi-racial DePorres Club realized it needed to escalate its tactics from uplifting the Black community to confronting white discrimination.
Matt Holland
Matt Holland is the author of Ahead of Their Time: The Story of the Omaha DePorres Club. He is currently working on a biography of Father John Markoe, S.J.
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