Racial Conflict – Lynchings – Page 3

The Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919

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 … Read MoreThe Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919

Ida Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)

Image Ownership: Public Domain Activist and writer Ida B. Wells-Barnett first became prominent in the 1890s because she brought international attention to the lynching of African Americans in the South. Wells was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. At the age of … Read MoreIda Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)