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Howard Kennedy School

1916 establishments in NebraskaElementary schools in Omaha, NebraskaHistorically segregated African-American schools in NebraskaPublic elementary schools in NebraskaSchool buildings completed in 1916
Schools in North Omaha, NebraskaVague or ambiguous time from January 2017

Howard Kennedy Elementary School is located at 2906 North 30th Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Almost since its inception Kennedy was regarded as one of Omaha's "black schools," almost exclusively African American. Football great Gale Sayers attended the school.

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Howard Kennedy School
North 30th Street, Omaha

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Kennedy Elementary School

North 30th Street
68112 Omaha
Nebraska, United States
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