The Lynching of Will Brown (1919)
CONTENT WARNING: This document describes racial violence against a person of color resulting in death.
- Title
- The Lynching of Will Brown (1919)
- Description
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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 perspectives 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.
Most historians believe that the allegations against Will Brown were false and an attempt by corrupt and racist political leaders to stir up social unrest in a racially divisive city. - Date
- 1919-09-29
- Subject
- African Americans
- Temporal Coverage
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Progressive Era
- World War I
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Exclusion Era
- 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
- Contributor
- Emily Binder
- Item sets
- Red Scares
- Title
- The Lynching of Will Brown (1919)
- 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 perspectives 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.
Most historians believe that the allegations against Will Brown were false and an attempt by corrupt and racist political leaders to stir up social unrest in a racially divisive city. - Date
- 1919-09-29
- Subject
- African Americans
- Temporal Coverage
- Jim Crow Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Progressive Era
- World War I
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Exclusion Era
- 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
- Contributor
- Emily Binder
- Item sets
- Red Scares