Willie Brown was murder in 1919, lynched by a mob of rioters outside the courthouse in Omaha. He had been accused of raping a white woman, which he denied. He never received any type of trial. The mayor was taken and threatened with death if he did not give up Willie Brown. The court was started on fire threatening those in the courthouse. The mayor was hung, but rescued. Finally the mob was able to get ahold of Will Brown, and they hung him. After he was dead the riddled his body with bullets, and then they burned his body. No one was made to account for these deeds.
