Omaha riot: how a white mob lynched a Black man and destroyed a city – 360 video

In 1919, a white mob stormed into an Omaha courthouse looking for a Black man named Will Brown whom they believed raped a white woman two days earlier. They newly elected mayor tried to reason with the mob, only to be nearly hanged before police saved him. The white mob eventually got to Brown, dragged him out on to the street and lynched him. No one was fully held accountable for these events. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu This video is part three of Red Summers, a 360 video project by the artist and film-maker Bayeté Ross Smith on the untold American history of racial terrorism from 1917 to 1921 ► https://ift.tt/3i89xmX The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Website ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy Facebook ► https://ift.tt/RENIv3 Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/2NMuUyt