1919

Elaine Massacre

Elaine, Arkansas, AR

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During the Red Summer of 1919, a white mob and federal troops killed hundreds of African American sharecroppers in Elaine who were attempting to organize a farmers' union [12]. The massacre remains one of the largest incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, with estimates of Black deaths …

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