Never Heard of It? Why the Elaine, Arkansas Massacre of 1919 Must be Remembered democracynow.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from democracynow.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over a century ago, on September 30, 1919, a group of African American sharecroppers gathered in Elaine, Arkansas, in the Mississippi River s fertile delta. These sharecroppers, only a generation or