Although it occurred nearly a Century ago, the Elaine Massacre of 1919 remains the subject of intense inquiry as historians try to answer a multitude of questions, such as why authorities in the Arkansas Delta used such overwhelming violence to put down a farmers\' union, exactly how many people were killed in the massacre, and how the event shaped the following century.
Pruden III, and Steven Teske..
Mitchell, William H.
Contributors include Richard Buckelew, Nancy Snell Griffith, Matthew Hild, Adrienne Jones, Kelly Houston Jones, Cherisse Jones-Branch, Brian K.
These essays provide the larger history necessary for understanding what happened at Elaine in 1919--and thus provide a window into the current state of Arkansas and the nation at large.
At the same time, African Americans--particularly fieldworkers--worked to organize themselves to resist oppression, setting the stage for the farmers\' union that was the target for mob and military wrath during the Elaine Massacre.
During the antebellum years, slaveholders grew paranoid about possible insurrections, and after the Civil War and Emancipation, these fears lingered and led to numerous atrocities long before Elaine. history.
An analysis of the years from 1819, when Arkansas officially became an American territory, to 1919 provides the historical foundation for understanding one of the bloodiest manifestations of racial violence in U.
S.
We cannot fully understand what happened at Elaine without examining the one hundred years leading up to the massacre.
Although it occurred nearly a Century ago, the Elaine Massacre of 1919 remains the subject of intense inquiry as historians try to answer a multitude of questions, such as why authorities in the Arkansas Delta used such overwhelming violence to put down a farmers\' union, exactly how many people were killed in the massacre, and how the event shaped the following century
