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Anniversary: The Elaine Massacre of 1918
Original: Today in Labor History September 30, 1918: White mobs, aided by federal troops, slaughtered as many as 237 African-Ameri
Posts marking labor history note that on September 30, 1918, white mobs with support from federal troops killed as many as 237 African-American sharecroppers in the Elaine Massacre in Arkansas. The victims had been organizing against debt peonage, which persisted decades after emancipation. The commemoration links the massacre to the long, often violent suppression of Black labor organizing in the United States.
Why now: The anniversary of the Elaine Massacre is being commemorated as part of labor history, highlighting racial violence against organizing workers.
Elaine MassacreArkansasAfrican-American sharecroppers
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- Today in Labor History September 30, 1918: White mobs, aided by federal troops, slaughtered as many as 237 African-American workers in the Elaine Massacre, in Arkansas. The workers had been organizing against the abuses of debt peonage (which still persisted there, nearly 50… · MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 13
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