LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Members of the public can learn about Nebraska’s historic African-American homesteader town at an event later this month.
The Homestead National Monument of America will host a presentation on DeWitty on Feb. 25 at 1 p.m., followed by a screening of the documentary film “Frontier University Dreams” at 2 p.m.
DeWitty was the longest-settled and most prominent African-American homesteader town in Nebraska. It was established by African-American homesteaders in 1907 in Cherry County. The last of the residents moved away in 1936.
The event is free and open to the public.
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Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service, located four miles west of Beatrice.