List of people from North Omaha, Nebraska

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There are a number of notable people from North Omaha, Nebraska. This list includes people who lived in the community for any period of time, as well as groups and organizations of people within North Omaha.

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[edit] Political figures

The young Malcolm X
The young Malcolm X
“ Being born in Omaha doesn't make me an American any more than being born in an oven makes a cat a biscuit. - Malcolm X ”

[edit] Stage, film, theater and dance figures

[edit] Literature figures

[edit] Music figures

[edit] Business figures

  • Cathy Hughes, founder and president of Radio One. Hughes grew up in the Logan Fontenelle Projects while her father, William Alfred Woods, was attending was attending Creighton University, later to become the first African-American to earn an accounting degree there. Her mother, Helen Jones Woods, was a member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female swing band.[2]

[edit] Sports figures

[edit] Other notable figures

Plaque commemorating Davis.
Plaque commemorating Davis.

[edit] See also

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