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Kings of Broken Things a novel by Theodore Wheeler - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Kings of Broken Things a novel by Theodore Wheeler - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Kings of Broken Things a novel by Theodore Wheeler Acknowledgements Thanks to the following organizations for the use of photographs from their archives: Durham Museum Omaha Public Library Omaha World-Herald Omaha Race Riot of 1919
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Omaha Race Riot of 1919
- September 28, 1919.
- Between 5,000 to 15,000 people.
- Mayor Edward Smith was attacked
by mob, hanged, but survived.
- Will Brown was lynched.
- Omaha 1 of 25 cities where
riots occurred in the Red Summer of 1919.
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Causes
- National causes. Second Wave Great Migration.
Riots in other cities during “Red Summer” of 1919, along with potentially thousands of race- motivated killings. Labor wars & red scare. End
- f World War I.
- Local causes. Hysteria about “black criminality”
fueled by newspapers; 30 rapes of white women in Omaha that summer. Food shortages.
- Influence of machine boss Tom Dennison. His
coalition (including mayor “Cowboy” Jim Dahlman) lost election in 1918—the only election Dennison lost during his 30 years of power. Embarked on campaign to delegitimize new reform administration and their “Morals Squad.” Enflamed passions for political gain.
- Ak-Sar-Ben carnival was that weekend.
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Courtesy of nebaseballhistory.com.
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(Self-portrait of photographer Louis Bostwick. )
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