(2 of 2) The #ElaineMassacre from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 began with #Black farmers organizing for better pay and facing a white mob that opened fire on them. They shot back, and the mob killed up to 800 of them, with dozens of survivors imprisoned for supposedly inciting it.”
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD (@LiamOMaraIV@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image
(2 of 2) The #ElaineMassacre from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 began with #Black farmers organizing for better pay and facing a white mob that opened fire on them. They shot back, and ...
mastodon.social
September 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
(2 of 2) The #ElaineMassacre from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 began with #Black farmers organizing for better pay and facing a white mob that opened fire on them. They shot back, and the mob killed up to 800 of them, with dozens of survivors imprisoned for supposedly inciting it.”
📚 On This Day in Black History: September 30, 1919 📚
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre, one of the deadliest racial massacres in United States history.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre, one of the deadliest racial massacres in United States history.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
September 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
📚 On This Day in Black History: September 30, 1919 📚
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre, one of the deadliest racial massacres in United States history.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre, one of the deadliest racial massacres in United States history.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
The Worst Act of Racial Mass Murder in U.S. History
Shared from @QasimRashid 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZY9Im3xHPjc
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
Shared from @QasimRashid 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZY9Im3xHPjc
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
September 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Worst Act of Racial Mass Murder in U.S. History
Shared from @QasimRashid 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZY9Im3xHPjc
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
Shared from @QasimRashid 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZY9Im3xHPjc
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #Truth
The Elaine Massacre of 1919: A Small Town Grapples with a Painful Past | America Outdoors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_w1B4nMPeU
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #TruthTelling #PreservingOurStory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_w1B4nMPeU
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #TruthTelling #PreservingOurStory
The Elaine Massacre of 1919: A Small Town Grapples with a Painful Past | America Outdoors
Official website: https://to.pbs.org/3bCN7dz | #AmericaOutdoorsPBS…
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The Elaine Massacre of 1919: A Small Town Grapples with a Painful Past | America Outdoors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_w1B4nMPeU
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #TruthTelling #PreservingOurStory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_w1B4nMPeU
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ArkansasHistory #LaborHistory #RacialJustice #TruthTelling #PreservingOurStory
Black WWI vets’ ”achievement and success actually provoked more rage and more vitriol than if they had utterly failed.” — Adriane Lentz-Smith, “Freedom Struggles: African Americans and WWI” via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System
White Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Black WWI vets’ ”achievement and success actually provoked more rage and more vitriol than if they had utterly failed.” — Adriane Lentz-Smith, “Freedom Struggles: African Americans and WWI” via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
Teach about impact of 1919 #ElaineMassacre (and so many more) on economic rights & the legacy today of Black dispossession (of land, right to organize, businesses, schools). #Reparations
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Burning Tulsa: The Legacy of Black Dispossession
By Linda Christensen The author describes teaching about racist patterns of murder, land theft, displacement, and wealth inequality through the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. The term “race riot” does not…
www.zinnedproject.org
September 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Teach about impact of 1919 #ElaineMassacre (and so many more) on economic rights & the legacy today of Black dispossession (of land, right to organize, businesses, schools). #Reparations
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
#OTD in #History 1919
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30, 2026 at 10:52 PM
#OTD in #History 1919
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
(2 of 2) The #ElaineMassacre from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 began with #Black farmers organizing for better pay and facing a white mob that opened fire on them. They shot back, and the mob killed up to 800 of them, with dozens of survivors imprisoned for supposedly inciting it.
September 30, 2026 at 3:32 PM
(2 of 2) The #ElaineMassacre from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 began with #Black farmers organizing for better pay and facing a white mob that opened fire on them. They shot back, and the mob killed up to 800 of them, with dozens of survivors imprisoned for supposedly inciting it.
Facts: A #WhiteSupremacist mob shot at Black farmers, & they returned fire in self-defense. The White governor called U.S. Army for back-up. When it was over, historical estimates range from 100 to 800 Black Americans killed. 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
September 30, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Facts: A #WhiteSupremacist mob shot at Black farmers, & they returned fire in self-defense. The White governor called U.S. Army for back-up. When it was over, historical estimates range from 100 to 800 Black Americans killed. 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
Teach about impact of 1919 #ElaineMassacre (and so many more) on economic rights & the legacy today of Black dispossession (of land, right to organize, businesses, schools). #Reparations
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Burning Tulsa: The Legacy of Black Dispossession
By Linda Christensen The author describes teaching about racist patterns of murder, land theft, displacement, and wealth inequality through the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. The term “race riot” does not adeq...
www.zinnedproject.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Teach about impact of 1919 #ElaineMassacre (and so many more) on economic rights & the legacy today of Black dispossession (of land, right to organize, businesses, schools). #Reparations
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
Article & lesson ⬇️ by Linda Christensen of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
#OTD in 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas:
A brutal racist massacre of more than 200 Black sharecroppers, murdered by mobs of whites and federal troops, for daring to join a union. Hundreds more were arrested and tortured.
#ElaineMassacre #AmericaWasNEVERGreat
revcom.us/en/a/670/ame...
A brutal racist massacre of more than 200 Black sharecroppers, murdered by mobs of whites and federal troops, for daring to join a union. Hundreds more were arrested and tortured.
#ElaineMassacre #AmericaWasNEVERGreat
revcom.us/en/a/670/ame...
American Crime Case #9: The 1919 Massacre of Black Sharecroppers in Elaine, Arkansas | revcom.us
More than 200 Black people were killed, nearly 300 arrested. Not a single white was arrested or prosecuted.
revcom.us
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#OTD in 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas:
A brutal racist massacre of more than 200 Black sharecroppers, murdered by mobs of whites and federal troops, for daring to join a union. Hundreds more were arrested and tortured.
#ElaineMassacre #AmericaWasNEVERGreat
revcom.us/en/a/670/ame...
A brutal racist massacre of more than 200 Black sharecroppers, murdered by mobs of whites and federal troops, for daring to join a union. Hundreds more were arrested and tortured.
#ElaineMassacre #AmericaWasNEVERGreat
revcom.us/en/a/670/ame...
⚖️ Labor History in Two: The 1919 Elaine Massacre—Black sharecroppers organizing for justice face deadly violence, then a landmark Supreme Court fight. Listen at 1p on @WPFWDC
#ElaineMassacre #LaborHistory #CivilRights #LaborHeritagePowerHour
#ElaineMassacre #LaborHistory #CivilRights #LaborHeritagePowerHour
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
⚖️ Labor History in Two: The 1919 Elaine Massacre—Black sharecroppers organizing for justice face deadly violence, then a landmark Supreme Court fight. Listen at 1p on @WPFWDC
#ElaineMassacre #LaborHistory #CivilRights #LaborHeritagePowerHour
#ElaineMassacre #LaborHistory #CivilRights #LaborHeritagePowerHour
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System | Elaine, Arkansas 1919 #ElaineMassacre #BlackSky #BlackHistory
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System
White Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 31, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System | Elaine, Arkansas 1919 #ElaineMassacre #BlackSky #BlackHistory
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
Black WWI vets' "achievement and success actually provoked more rage and more vitriol than if they had utterly failed.” -- Adriane Lentz-Smith, "Freedom Struggles: African Americans and WWI" via
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System
White Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Black WWI vets' "achievement and success actually provoked more rage and more vitriol than if they had utterly failed.” -- Adriane Lentz-Smith, "Freedom Struggles: African Americans and WWI" via
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social #ElaineMassacre #tdih 1919 ⬇️
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deat...
Elaine, Arkansas, 1919: Black sharecroppers were massacred for daring to organize a union, and dozens more were sent to prison for it.
#USHistoryAfterDark
#ElaineMassacre
#HiddenHistory
#BlackHistoryMatters
#UntoldHistory
#USHistoryAfterDark
#ElaineMassacre
#HiddenHistory
#BlackHistoryMatters
#UntoldHistory
September 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Elaine, Arkansas, 1919: Black sharecroppers were massacred for daring to organize a union, and dozens more were sent to prison for it.
#USHistoryAfterDark
#ElaineMassacre
#HiddenHistory
#BlackHistoryMatters
#UntoldHistory
#USHistoryAfterDark
#ElaineMassacre
#HiddenHistory
#BlackHistoryMatters
#UntoldHistory
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas, one of the deadliest episodes of the “Red Summer” of 1919.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #RedSummer #OnThisDay #JusticeForAll #BlackExcellence #NeverForget #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #RedSummer #OnThisDay #JusticeForAll #BlackExcellence #NeverForget #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we remember the Elaine Massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas, one of the deadliest episodes of the “Red Summer” of 1919.
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #RedSummer #OnThisDay #JusticeForAll #BlackExcellence #NeverForget #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM
#BlackHistory365 #ElaineMassacre #RedSummer #OnThisDay #JusticeForAll #BlackExcellence #NeverForget #TheEnglandManor #AAM_EM
Facts: A #WhiteSupremacist mob shot at Black farmers, & they returned fire in self-defense. The White governor called U.S. Army for back-up. When it was over, historical estimates range from 100 to 800 Black Americans killed. 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
September 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Facts: A #WhiteSupremacist mob shot at Black farmers, & they returned fire in self-defense. The White governor called U.S. Army for back-up. When it was over, historical estimates range from 100 to 800 Black Americans killed. 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
#ElaineMassacre
2/2
#OTD in #History 1919
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#OTD in #History 1919
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
September 30: #ElaineMassacre
Context: Black American farmers fighting for better pay and higher cotton prices were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy Bullshit
1/2
Remembering the #ElaineMassacre Indeed, we need truth-telling, bold journalism AGAIN.
time.com/7213499/demo...
time.com/7213499/demo...
U.S. Democracy Needs Black Journalism
The press has long documented violence and helped secure justice. Black journalists have been essential in this work.
time.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Remembering the #ElaineMassacre Indeed, we need truth-telling, bold journalism AGAIN.
time.com/7213499/demo...
time.com/7213499/demo...