Mildred Brown - Honors

Honors

• Brown was the first African American and one of only three women inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame.

• In the 1960s President Johnson commended Brown for her balanced coverage of civil rights efforts and riots, and appointed her as a goodwill ambassador to travel to East Germany.

• The National Newspaper Publishers Association, with 200 member owners of black newspapers, one year recognized the Omaha Star as having the "Best Church Page".

• In 2007 the Omaha Star Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of the newspaper's significance in the history of Omaha, journalism, and the civil rights movement.

• In 2007 Mildred Brown was posthumously inducted into the Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame.

• May 2008 - Mildred Brown was posthumously inducted into the first class of the Omaha Press Club Journalists of Excellence Hall of Fame.

• The Mildred Brown Memorial Strolling Park was dedicated in her honor in May 2008 next to the Omaha Star building.

• Her niece Dr. Marguerita Washington, now the owner and publisher of the weekly paper, has founded the non-profit Mildred D. Brown Study Center to provide scholarships for journalism students and encourage students to explore communication fields.