1919
Elaine, Arkansas, AR · On map
During the Red Summer of 1919, white mobs and federal troops killed hundreds of Black sharecroppers in Phillips County who were organizing for better wages[11]. Estimates of deaths range from 100 to over 200, though official reports initially claimed only 5 white and 28 Black deaths[11]. It is considered the deadliest racial incident in Arkansas history.
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