Up next, a discussion about the racially motivated 1919 elaine, arkansas massacre. Panelists contributed to the book. Part of the 2000 19 Southern Historical Associations Annual conference. 2019 welcome to new perspectives and sources on the elaine massacre of 1919. This is devoted to advancing our understanding of a horrific series of events that began just over 100 years ago in which africanamericans were hunted by a paranoid and enraged crowd of whites in the arkansas delta. I want to recognize the work of guy lancaster and helping to organize this panel. Unfortunately, he had to change his plans to join us and participate. All three of our scholars on this panel are contributors to a book edited by guy lanchester. We are shamelessly plugging that here. A century of atrocity and resistance, 18191919. Full disclosure. I am in there but this is not about me. I want to introduce our panelists. They will each present for 25 minutes. After that, i will spend a few minutes offering though
Tomorrow. They said it wasnt appropriate to strike tomorrow morning. The strike is set to shut down Mental Health services across the state. And an east Bay Community rocked by a mass shooting. Dozens of people gathered to remember the five people shot and killed at a halloween party. Names of victims were read out loud. They wanted to send a message to the victim families they are supporting. While we can never imagine what they are going through, we wanted to honor the children, i think, between 20 and 30, the people who died. So we needed to we needed to say their names. And we needed to let people know that we care they are lost. This happened at an air bnb rental. Changes are already under way an at an air bnb. People have yet to make an arrest in the case. A Police Shooting left one man dead in san jose. This happened yesterday afternoon on the southbound side of the highway. Officers tried pulling over a car and the suspect got out and pulled a gun. The suspect had a warrant out
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