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Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre /1
A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. News of the confrontation spread and a massacre ensued, leaving more than 100 (estimates up to 800) African Americans dead…
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67 AfAms ndicted for inciting violence, and 12 Black sharecroppers (the Elaine 12) sentenced to death.
Not only were African Americans massacred, they were also blamed for the event and charged with murder.
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The Elaine Massacre occurred at the end of Red Summer of 1919 — a series of brutal attacks on African Americans in more than three dozen cities including Chicago, Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Knoxville, and more cities.
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The Red Summer of 1919 is barely mentioned in textbooks.
The racist riots of 1919 happened 100 yrs ago..Confronting a natl epidemic of white mob violence,1919 was a time when Black people defended themselves, fought back, &demanded full citizenship..
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Sept. 19, 1868: Camilla Massacre
As African Americans marched peacefully in response to their expulsion from elected office, more than a dozen were massacred near Albany, Georgia.
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Sept. 28, 1868: Opelousas Massacre
In response to the promotion of voter registration, a KKK like group massacred hundreds of people, most who were African American.
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Oct. 25, 1868: St. Bernard Parish Massacre
The St. Bernard Parish (Louisiana) massacre of African Americans was carried out by white men to terrorize the recently emancipated voters.
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Aug. 5, 1896: Polk County Massacre
White workers murdered Black workers in Arkansas who were coming to work on the railways.
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Aug. 14, 1908: Springfield Massacre
Springfield Massacre was committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white people in Springfield, Illinois.
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Genocide in East Texas: A History of the Slocum Massacre
July 29, 1910, Slocum Massacre—the racially charged murders by whites on the Black population of Slocum, Texas, and the subsequent cover-up of a community’s violent history.
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May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre
In what became known as the Tulsa Massacre, white supremacists destroyed a thriving Black community in Oklahoma. This is one of countless white supremacist massacres in U.S. history.
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Jan. 1, 1923: Rosewood Massacre
The Rosewood Massacre was the white supremacist destruction of a Black town and the murder of many of its residents.
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