The Lure of the Land - a Nebraska Story

The Homestead Act triggered one of the largest migrations in history for "free land" on the Great Plains.  Photographs tell the story of African-American homesteaders in Nebraska.  For more Nebraska Stories, visit http://www.netnebaska.org/nebraskskas....

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