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  1. On September 27, 1919, a mob of at least 10,000 white people stormed the courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, demanding the sheriff turn over Will Brown, a 40-year-old Black man. They raided the building, scaled walls and smashed windows. When the mob’s initial demands were refused, they set fire to the courthouse, turning it into a seething furnace.
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    The infamous Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919 was part of the wave of racial and labor violence that swept the United States during the “Red Summer” of 1919. It was witnessed by an estimated 20,000 people, making it one of the largest individual spectacles of racial violence in the nation’s history.
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    The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha.
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    On September 27, 1919, a mob of at least 10,000 white people stormed the courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, demanding the sheriff turn over Will Brown, a 40-year-old Black man. They raided the building, scaled walls and smashed windows. When the mob’s initial demands were refused, they set fire to the courthouse, turning it into a seething furnace.
    It cataloged 26 separate riots on the part of whites attacking blacks in widely scattered communities. Together with other riots in 1919, the Omaha riot prompted the United States Senate Committee on Judiciary in October 1919 to call for an investigation of urban, industrial and racial problems.
    Widespread violence erupted in some twenty-five U.S. cities during the “Red Summer” of 1919. Adding to Omaha’s disquiet and distrust was a political battle between a recently elected city reform movement and an entrenched political machine eager to regain control by demonstrating the ineptness of the reformer “goo-goos.”
    The Army presence in Omaha was the largest in response to any of the race riots, with 70 officers and 1,222 enlisted men. By early October, the emergency had passed and the Army contingent declined to two regiments by the middle of the month.
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    Omaha race riot of 1919 - Wikipedia

    The Omaha Race Riot occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, September 28–29, 1919. The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a … See more

    Three weeks before the riot, federal investigators had noted that "a clash was imminent owing to ill-feeling between white and black workers in the See more

    At about 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 28, 1919, a large group of white youths gathered near the Bancroft School in South Omaha and … See more

    Shots were fired as the mob pillaged hardware stores in the business district and entered pawnshops, seeking firearms. Police records … See more

    Meanwhile, the plight of the police in the courthouse had become desperate. The fire had spread to the third floor, and officers faced the … See more

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    By 5 p.m., a mob of between 5,000 and 15,000 people had crowded into the street on the south side of the Douglas County Courthouse. They began to assault the police officers, pushing one through a pane of glass in a door and attacking two others who had … See more

    About 11 o'clock, when the frenzy was at its height, Mayor Edward Smith came out of the east door of the courthouse into Seventeenth … See more

    Three slips of paper were thrown from the fourth floor on the west side of the building. On one piece was scrawled: "The judge says he will … See more

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  4. Lest We Forget: The Lynching of Will Brown, Omaha’s …

    webThe web page tells the story of the lynching of Will Brown, an African American accused of raping a white woman in Omaha, Nebraska. It explores the political and social context of the riot, the role of the Omaha Bee and …

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  10. Omaha Race Riot – Discovering 1919

    webThe “Omaha Race Riot” was a riot that occurred in the city of Omaha, Nebraska from September 28th-29th during the year of 1919. The riot took place during the time period known as “The Red Summer”, which …

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