In 1919, a racial massacre in Elaine, Arkansas resulted in over 200 African Americans and five whites being killed. The violence sparked public campaigns and drew attention from civil rights groups. After a tense meeting, a white mob targeted the black community, leading to arrests and mistreatment. The NAACP and attorney Scipio Africanus Jones worked to secure the release of those wrongly convicted. Continue reading Revisit: ELAINE, ARKANSAS RIOT (1919)
The Thibodaux Massacre took place in Thibodaux, Louisiana on November 23, 1887. Black sugar cane workers, determined to unionize for a living wage, chose to combine their minimal power during the crucial harvest season. Instead, their actions sparked a massacre. With echoes of the bondage their ancestors had experienced during slavery, the cane workers protested the harsh working conditions, long hours, and starvation wages. They … Continue reading Revisit: THE THIBODAUX MASSACRE (NOVEMBER 23, 1887)
The Clinton Desegregation Crisis of 1956 occurred at Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee. The crisis was the result of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which called for the desegregation of public schools across the nation. In January 1956, U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Taylor ordered Clinton High School to desegregate during the 1956-1957 school year. Subsequently twelve … Continue reading Revisit: THE CLINTON DESEGREGATION CRISIS (1956)
In October, 1834 riots broke out in New York City spurred by a confluence of events: the fiery oratory of abolitionist Protestant ministers (many of whom were also nativist and anti-Catholics); the growing social assertiveness of former enslaved people and of free-born African-Americans in the city; the growth of Jacksonian democracy which lauded working class white males; and the influx of Irish Catholics who were … Continue reading Revisit: THE ANTI-ABOLITION RIOTS (1834)
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