Elaine massacre - Wikipedia
The Elaine massacre occurred on September 30 – October 2, 1919, at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas where African Americans were organizing against peonage and abuses in tenant farming. As many as several hundred African Americans and five white men were killed. [4]
Elaine Massacre of 1919 - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
2024年6月29日 · The Elaine Massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States.
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court …
2018年8月2日 · 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 help...
Elaine, Arkansas Riot (1919) - Blackpast
2018年9月30日 · The concerned whites formed a mob numbering up to 1,000 armed men, many of whom came from the surrounding counties and as far away as Mississippi and Tennessee. Upon reaching Elaine, the mob began killing blacks and ransacking their homes.
Overview: The Elaine Race Massacre – Elaine Race Massacre
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.
The Massacre: What Happened? – Elaine Race Massacre
Commanding officer Colonel Jenks led the troops that arrived in Elaine on the morning of October 2. Jenks ordered everyone, black and white, to be disarmed. With Elaine secured and Jenks sent a detachment to Helena to guard the jail where blacks were rounded into to prevent lynchings.
Hundreds of Black People Killed in Elaine, Arkansas, Massacre
At least two white men were killed, and enraged white mobs quickly formed. The mobs descended on the nearby Black town of Elaine, Arkansas, destroying homes and businesses and attacking any Black people in their path over the coming days.
The Arkansas Race Riot [Pamphlet] - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
2023年6月3日 · “The Arkansas Race Riot” was successful in spurring national support for the defense of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, eventually leading to the release of the Elaine Twelve and the U.S. Supreme Court case of Moore v. Dempsey.
The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre
2019年9月30日 · The Elaine massacre was among the worst instances of racial violence in American history, and it took place in a region, the Delta, that defined itself by its violence and oppression. One...
To Those Known and Unknown: The Elaine Massacre Memorial
2019年8月2日 · On the evening of Sept. 30, 1919, black families gathered in a church at Hoop Spur, a southern Phillips County community just north of Elaine, along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line, to...