Thomas P. Mahammitt

Thomas P. Mahammitt (August 1862 – March 28, 1950) was a journalist, caterer, civil rights activist, and civic leader from Omaha Nebraska.

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[8] The Enterprise was owned by Thomas and operated by his wife, Ella, with Mrs. Al. Robinson the typographer, and was Omaha's leading black paper in the 1890s and 1900s.

[15] Mahammitt was noted for his strict enforcement and made his office self-supporting, inspecting fees paying his salary.

[16] In the early 1900s, Mahammitt and his wife were drawn into conflict with anti-Booker T. Washington black newspapers, such as Chicago's The Broad Ax[17] and Topeka's Plaindealer.

Much of the antipathy towards Mahammitt stemmed from his relationship with Omaha Mayor Moores, who appointed him inspector of weights and measures at a salary of about $1,600.

[20] In 1908, together with Nick Chiles of the Topeka Plaindealer and J. W. Jackson, Mahammitt visited President Theodore Roosevelt as the guest of William Tecumseh Vernon.

In 1906, Mahammitt was involved in a struggle with a city council candidate who wished to exclude the sale of certain property to blacks in Omaha.