Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor

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A stretch of a street in Omaha has been renamed after the city’s first elected Black mayor, John Ewing Jr.

Ewing started his term this summer and has plenty of memories from walking down the renamed street as a child. The stretch of Lothrop St. between 22nd and the historic 24th streets has been ceremoniously renamed John W. Ewing Jr. St…

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