Omaha Race Riot of 1919

When

28 Sep 1919 – 29 Sep 1919

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

41.26° N, 95.94° W

Description

in Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Racial violence in Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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 Oma…

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Omaha Riot: A lynch mob besieges the police station and courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, and lynches alleged rapist Will Brown”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Omaha (Estados Unidos) ―en el marco del racismo en Estados Unidos que terminará recién en 1968― suceden los disturbios raciales de Omaha de 1919”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page