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 public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. It followed more than 20 race riots that occurred in major industrial cities and certain rural areas of the United States during the Red Summer of 1919.
Photograph taken showing the body of Will Brown after being burned by a white lynch mob.
Rioters on the south side of the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha.
Riots break windows broken out, people climbing the Douglas County Courthouse.
The sight of Will Brown lynched, with his body mutilated and burned by a white crowd.
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.
Image: City of Omaha, Nebraska Skyline on the Missouri River (30899969517)
Image: Fort Omaha
Image: USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (2)
Image: Omaha Union Station (48440374712)