Reposted by Walter IV
#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton.
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for “riots.” #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
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Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre
Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates…