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28-29 September 1919. The race riot in Omsha, Nebraska, one of more than 20 during
the Red Summer of 1919. Suspected rapist Will Brown was murdered by rioters several days after his arrest. Black man rapes white woman. A corrupt political machine. Racial tensions between blacks and whites over jobs in the stockyards. Unsurprisingly ugly outcome.