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

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233 Index Abbott, Robert, 74, 84, 92 Adams, John, 55 Adams, Michael, 52, 65, 66 advertisements: activism’s impact on, 121, 137, 150, 151; in black newspapers, 85, 89–90; for Omaha Guide, 50; for Omaha Star, 93–99 African Methodist Episcopalian Church (ame), 16, 35 Afro-American Sentinel, 86 Afro hairstyle, 71 Alabama Constitutional Convention (1901–2), 31–32 Alabama Hill Country, 24–25, 30–32 Althouse Beauty Salon, 71 Amos ’n’ Andy radio show, 64 Andersen, Harold “Andy,” 1, 93–94 appearance: of Mildred Brown, 91; and politics of respectability, 67–74 Armstrong, Robert, 96, 99, 129, 153 Artison, Richard, 48, 118 As Long as They Don’t Move Next Door (Meyer), 109–10 Banks, Eloise, 98 Banks, La Veeda, 38–39 Barnett, Ferdinand L., 86, 192n6 Bass, Charlotta, 84–85, 192n3 Bass, Joseph, 84 Bates, Daisy, 137 Battiste, Kathy Brown, 70, 74, 171 Bell, Cyrus D., 86 Bergan, Gerald, 104 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 66–67 Biddle, Francis, 88 Black Belters, 32 black matriarch, 13, 64–65, 76–78; Brown as, 2, 17; and politics of respectability, 59–60 Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, 13, 144, 154–55 black power movement, 13, 144, 146–48 black press: advertising in, 85, 89–90; in civil rights struggle, 150; function and influence of, 85–88, 90; government surveillance of, 9–10, 88–89; Mildred Brown on future of, 177; Mildred Brown’s contributions to, 92; negro press and, 90 black women: child rearing and, 64–65; empowerment of, 13, 68, 71, 75–76, 78; as journalists and publishers, 83, 84–85, 98–99; stereotypes of, 63–64; work for, 49, 73, 136 Blumkin, Louis, 98 Blumkin, Ronald, 153–54 Blumkin, Rose, 98, 153 Booker T. Washington Club, 39, 186n36 boycotting. See consumer campaigns Breeding, Aggy, 23 Breeding, Annie. See Owens, Annie Breeding Breeding, David, 23 234 Index Breeding, Gus Edward, 21, 25–26, 32 Breeding, Henry Drew, 33 Breeding, James, 21, 27–28, 31 Breeding, John, 27, 28, 178 Breeding, Maggie Dreweather, 33–37, 186n39 Breeding, Mary Elizabeth Curry Jackson, 32–33, 34 Breeding, Millard William: education of, 25–26; following Breeding v. Breeding , 32–33; segregation and, 3–4; as William Breeding’s coexecutor, 27; as William Breeding’s heir, 21, 22, 28, 31 Breeding, Samuel, 23–24, 178 Breeding, Sopharina, 3, 21–25, 178 Breeding, Telitha Winton, 23 Breeding, William: common-law marriage of, 3, 21–22, 24–25; educates children , 25–26; grave of, 178; inheritance of, 23–24; will and estate of, 21, 26–31 Breeding, William Taylor, 21, 25–26, 27 Breeding, Wilson Peter, 21, 25–26 Breeding v. Breeding, 3, 22–23, 32 Brooks, Walter, 120 Brown, Andrew Cato, 8, 35, 180n12 Brown, Benjamin Joshua, 33–35, 36 Brown, Bennie Drew, 34, 63, 73, 172–73, 208n15 Brown, Bennie Jr., 2 Brown, Lila, 70, 173, 208n17 Brown, Maggie Breeding. See Breeding, Maggie Dreweather Brown, Mildred “Millie” Dee: accomplishments of, 1–3; ad sales and, 50, 89–90, 93–99, 121, 137, 150, 151; attends Miles Memorial College, 35; attends Municipal University of Omaha, 76; birth date of, 184n24; black matriarchy and, 64–65, 77–78; buys Omaha Star property, 62; and Carnation Ballroom, 78–79, 107; clothing of, 69; corsages and, 51, 69–70, 74, 78, 91, 119; death of, 168–69; divorce of, 61–62; and Douglas County Probate Court case, 172–73; early years of, 34–36; education of, 75– 76; estate of, 172–73, 207n9, 208n17; family and ancestry of, 21–37; fashion of, 69–71; funeral of, 169–71; hair of, 70–71; husbands of, 36, 61–62, 63, 78, 84, 157, 167–68; journalism and, 43–44, 83, 92–93; legacy of, 165, 174–78; maternal responsibility of, 65–67, 75, 175–76; ministry of, 83; as Omaha Star owner, 51–54, 61, 62, 83–85, 99, 127–28; relocates to Midwest, 5, 37–41; in Sioux City, Iowa, 16, 38–40; successor to, 166–68; teaching career of, 36, 37 Brown, William Andrew (nephew), 74, 171, 173 Brown, William, lynching of, 6–7, 46, 180n7 Brown, Willie “Bill” Andrew (brother), 34, 51, 167 Brownell, Noel Maximilian “Max”: death of, 207n13; and death of Mildred Brown, 169; as De Porres Club member, 118; duties of, 78; gambling and, 173–74; infidelity of, 157; meets Mildred Brown, 63; as successor to Mildred Brown, 167–68; works for Omaha Star, 65, 66, 171–72 Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 12 Bryant, Paul, 96, 120, 166, 167 Buffalo Chip, 146...