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Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures (1919)

A black and white photograph that shows part of the mob on the south side of the court house about 5:30 p.m.
A black and white photograph that shows a group of smiling white men and boys standing beside a burning police car at Fifteenth and Farnam streets.
A black and white photograph showing soldiers armed with a machine gun and cannon on guard at Twenty-Fourth and Lake Streets.

Title
Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures (1919)
Description
This series of photographs document the race riot in Omaha that culminated in the lynching of Will Brown in front of the Douglas County Courthouse. In the first, as many as 20,000 people gather outside an already damaged courthouse. In the second, white rioters smile around the remains of the police car they set ablaze. And in the third, federal troops guard the intersection of 24th and Lake streets, an area with a large number of Black homes and businesses.
Date
1919-09-28
Legal Concept
Extralegal Violence
Racialized Violence
Race
Subject
African Americans
Incarcerated People
Spatial Coverage
Nebraska
Midwest
Document Type
Image
Document Category
Primary Source
Archival Source
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library.
Bibliographic Citation
Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures. Educational Publishing Company, 1919.
Digital Repository
New York Public Library Digital Collections
URL
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/c2d43f70-c6b3-012f-3bf8-58d385a7bc34
Contributor
Kaci Nash

Title
Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures (1919)
Description
This series of photographs document the race riot in Omaha that culminated in the lynching of Will Brown in front of the Douglas County Courthouse. In the first, as many as 20,000 people gather outside an already damaged courthouse. In the second, white rioters smile around the remains of the police car they set ablaze. And in the third, federal troops guard the intersection of 24th and Lake streets, an area with a large number of Black homes and businesses.
Date
1919-09-28
Legal Concept
Extralegal Violence
Racialized Violence
Race
Subject
African Americans
Incarcerated People
Spatial Coverage
Nebraska
Midwest
Document Type
Image
Document Category
Primary Source
Archival Source
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library.
Bibliographic Citation
Omaha's Riot in Story & Pictures. Educational Publishing Company, 1919.
Digital Repository
New York Public Library Digital Collections
URL
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/c2d43f70-c6b3-012f-3bf8-58d385a7bc34
Contributor
Kaci Nash