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Aug 2, 2018 · The sharecroppers who gathered at a small church in Elaine, Arkansas, in the late hours of September 30, 1919, knew the risk they were taking. Upset about unfair low wages, they enlisted the...
Sep 30, 2019 · One hundred years ago this week, one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history unfolded in Elaine, Ark., a small town on the Mississippi. Details remain difficult to verify....
Sep 30, 2018 · Public domain image. One of the last of the major riots of the “Red Summer” of 1919, the so-called race riot in Elaine, Arkansas was in fact a racial massacre. Though exact numbers are unknown, it is estimated that over 200 African Americans were killed, along with five whites, during the white hysteria of a pending insurrection of black ...
The Elaine Race Massacre began on September 30, 1919 and lasted until October 7, 1919. The catalyst for the massacre was the formation of a local chapter of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America (PFHUA) in Phillips County.
Aug 18, 2019 · 100 years after hundreds of African Americans were reportedly killed in Elaine, Arkansas, a memorial is set to bring details of the tragedy to light. Teresa Krug. Sun 18 Aug 2019 02.00 EDT....
Jun 18, 2021 · The Elaine race massacre of 1919 is understood as one of the worst in US history. Parts of the story are still in dispute. by Noa Yachot. Fri 18 Jun 2021 03.00 EDT. 5:15. Elaine Massacre: how...
Jun 16, 2023 · The name of Elaine (Phillips County) will always be linked with a race massacre that broke out in the fall of 1919, leaving scores of African Americans dead. Aside from this one memorable incident, the city is representative of life in the Delta region that includes eastern Arkansas.
