1919

Elaine Massacre

Elaine, Arkansas, AR

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White mobs attacked Black sharecroppers in Helena, Arkansas, in September 1919, resulting in one of the deadliest racial massacres in U.S. history[11]. Estimates of Black deaths range from 100 to over 200, while five white men were killed[11]. The violence was triggered by efforts of Black farmers to …

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