The Lynching of Will Brown

CONTENT WARNING: This document describes racial violence against a person of color resulting in death.

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More Than a Snapshot: Will Brown's Lynching and the Violence of History		This teaching module discusses the history racial violence in the Midwest, featuring a webinar with Ashley Howard, author of the 2025 book, Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement.

Title: The Lynching of Will Brown
Description: The day after the lynching of Will Brown, the Omaha Bee devoted the first two pages of its edition to the racial terror violence enacted by a mob of white Omahans. The articles on these pages provide different perspective of the race riot, from the crowds cheering at the destruction of government buildings, to the alleged assault victim's shock at the incident. The newspaper also featured a list of victims of the mob.
Date: 1919-09-29
Author: Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha [Neb.])
Legal Concept: Civil Rights; Extralegal Violence; Incarceration; Racialized Violence; Race
Subject: African Americans
Temporal Coverage: Jim Crow Era; Long Civil Rights Movement; Progressive Era; World War I; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Exclusion Era
Spatial Coverage: Nebraska; Midwest
Document Type: Newspaper
Document Category: Primary Source
Archival Source: "Omaha Mob Hangs and Burns Negro who Assaulted Girl," Omaha Daily Bee, September 9, 1919
Digital Repository: Nebraska Newspapers
URL: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1919-09-29/ed-1/seq-1/

Item sets: More Than a Snapshot: Will Brown's Lynching and the Violence of History

Title: The Lynching of Will Brown
Description: The day after the lynching of Will Brown, the Omaha Bee devoted the first two pages of its edition to the racial terror violence enacted by a mob of white Omahans. The articles on these pages provide different perspective of the race riot, from the crowds cheering at the destruction of government buildings, to the alleged assault victim's shock at the incident. The newspaper also featured a list of victims of the mob.
Date: 1919-09-29
Author: Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha [Neb.])
Legal Concept: Civil Rights; Extralegal Violence; Incarceration; Racialized Violence; Race
Subject: African Americans
Temporal Coverage: Jim Crow Era; Long Civil Rights Movement; Progressive Era; World War I; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Exclusion Era
Spatial Coverage: Nebraska; Midwest
Document Type: Newspaper
Document Category: Primary Source
Archival Source: "Omaha Mob Hangs and Burns Negro who Assaulted Girl," Omaha Daily Bee, September 9, 1919
Digital Repository: Nebraska Newspapers
URL: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1919-09-29/ed-1/seq-1/

Item sets: More Than a Snapshot: Will Brown's Lynching and the Violence of History

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