Dates: April 10, 2024
Meets: W from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Elkhorn Valley Campus 407
Registration Fee: $35.00
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After studying Omaha’s “Robber Barons” we will move on to address nearly everyone else in this second installment of Victorian Omaha. Drawing from sociology, contemporaneous journalism, and demographic data we will try to illuminate the lives of average Omahans in three industries: the railroads, the stockyards, and the grocery trade. This class will focus extensively on the immigrant experience in Omaha, cultural frictions, public health challenges, and housing in some of Omaha’s oldest neighborhoods. We will also explore the history of the labor movement in Omaha.
Notes:
Age 16+
| Fee: | $35.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 2.00 |
| CEUs: | 0.20 |
Elkhorn Valley Campus 407
Quintin Slovek
Quintin Slovek is a fourth-generation Omahan and a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and the University of Alabama American Studies Master's Program where he focused on early 20th century popular culture. Quintin worked as a teacher's assistant and later guest-lecturer for Omaha Public Schools award-winning Making Invisible Histories Visible Program from 2013 to 2019. He also served as an assistant artist and historical researcher for the South Omaha Mural Project, a public art series dedicated to the area's immigrant communities. He has also worked as a tour guide for the last three years, primarily focused on the Old Market area. His interests include labor and immigration history, Prohibition and organized crime, and collecting the merch of old-school Omaha restaurants, breweries, and other institutions.
