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The summer of 1919 was named the "Red Summer" for the rash of deadly riots, which erupted in 25 American cities between April and October of that year due to racial tensions. This is a picture of Mr. William Brown. He was "ACCUSED" of molesting a white girl. Mr. Brown was arrested, the courthouse jail he was held in was set on fire by a mob of "Bigots". Mr. Brown was siezed, hung from a lamp post, castrated, his body riddled with bullets, then burned. Four other people were killed and fifty wounded before troops were able to restore order. This photograph was aquired from a Lincoln Nebraska man whose grandfather purchased it for two dollars as a souvenir while visiting Omaha in 1919. 17" X 11" glossy $5.00