Visiting professor David Krugler will present a lecture, “Remembrance of 100th anniversary of the Will Brown Lynching in Omaha,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Andrews Hall, Bailey Library.
In his lecture, David Krugler will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Will Brown lynching in Omaha, which took place on Sept. 28, 1919. The murder of Brown, an African American laborer, by a white mob was part of a wave of anti-black violence sweeping the United States after World War I.
Krugler’s presentation will document how Brown was framed for a crime he didn’t commit, describe the failed efforts of authorities to bring his murderers to justice and explain how African Americans in Omaha took measures to defend themselves against further mob violence.
Krugler is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, where he has taught since 1997. He is the past recipient of research grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Organization of American Historians, the White House Historical Association and the University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
For more information on the lecture, please contact James Garza at jgarza2@unl.edu.
