In the early hours of October 10, 1891, a mob of white people from Omaha and the surrounding counties gathered at 18th and Farnam Streets to lynch George “Joe Coe” Smith, a 20-year-old Black man. On October 8, local newspapers falsely reported that a white girl died after being assaulted…
Hazen was named for William Babcock Hazen, who served under General Sherman in his “March to the Sea.” The town, established in 1903 to house laborers working on the Newlands Irrigation Project south of here, included hotels, saloons, brothels, churches, and schools. In 1905 the first train came through on…
On September 28, 1919, thousands of white people, aided by local law enforcement, lynched a Black man named Will Brown in Omaha, Nebraska. Allegations of crimes against Black people during this era were rarely subject to scrutiny and often sparked lethal violence even if there was no evidence tying the…
On March 5, 1886, a white mob in Eatontown lynched Samuel Johnson, a 66-year-old black man known as “Mingo Jack.” Earlier that day, a white woman reported an assault by an assailant who asked if she knew “Mingo Jack.” The constable, accompanied by the woman’s father, arrested Mr. Johnson at…
On June 2nd Robert Lewis, a local Black resident, was mob lynched near this site. No one was held accountable for his murder…
Near this site on November 21, 1881, a mob of at least 30 White men lynched Christopher Davis- a 24-year old Black farm laborer – who lived near Albany with his wife and two children. On October 30, a White woman living near Mr. Davis reported being assaulted. Her relatives…