The Omaha race riot of 1919 in Omaha, Nebraska

In Photography by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

A group of white men pose for a 1919 photograph as they stand over the black victim Will Brown who had been lynched and had his body mutilated and burned during the Omaha race riot of 1919 in Omaha, Nebraska.

No one was ever brought on charges.
And it wasn’t for a lack of evidence.