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A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans
...which would make it the deadliest massacre of African Americans in US history.
Photograph: Albert Cesare/AP
In this 1919 photo provided by the Chicago History Museum, armed national guard and African American men stand on a sidewalk during race riots in Chicago. Photograph: Chicago History Museum/AP
Teresa Krug
The Guardian
A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans
A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans
100 years after hundreds of African Americans were reportedly killed in Elaine, Arkansas, a memorial is set to bring details of the tragedy to lightSome observers say the number of people who died in Elaine in 1919 could be more than 800, which would make it the deadliest massacre of African...
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Photograph: Albert Cesare/AP
In this 1919 photo provided by the Chicago History Museum, armed national guard and African American men stand on a sidewalk during race riots in Chicago. Photograph: Chicago History Museum/AP
Teresa Krug
The Guardian