Omaha Riot: How a White Mob Lynched a Black Man and Destroyed a City
Date of Creation
7-9-2021
Medium
Video
Description
In 1919, a white mob stormed into an Omaha courthouse looking for a Black man named Will Brown whom they believed raped a white woman two days earlier. The newly elected mayor tried to reason with the mob, only to be nearly hanged before police saved him. The white mob eventually got to Brown, dragged him out on to the street and lynched him. No one was fully held accountable for these events.
Disciplines
Art and Design | Visual Studies
Copyright
© 2021 Bayeté Ross Smith
Recommended Citation
Ross Smith, Bayeté, "Omaha Riot: How a White Mob Lynched a Black Man and Destroyed a City" (2021). Red Summers VR. 4.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/ross_smith_red_summers/4
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