Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919

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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007009624
- info:lc/authorities/sh2007009624
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2007009624#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Elaine Massacre, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Elaine Race Massacre, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Elaine Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
Broader Terms
- Race riots--Arkansas
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 2007045820: Whitaker, R. The Elaine Massacre, Scipio Africanus Jones and the struggle for justice ... c2008.
- found: Encyc. of Ark. history & culture WWW homepage, Nov. 6, 2007 (Elaine Massacre, Elaine Race Riot, Elaine Race Massacre; Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1919; grew out of an African American sharecroppers' meeting near Elaine, Ark. when black guards and white opponents exchanged gun fire; violence later spread to other parts of Phillips County; "the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the U.S."; estimated by number of African Americans killed, range into the hundreds)
- found: Wikipedia WWW encyc., Nov. 6, 2007 (Elaine Race Riot)
- found: Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation WWW homepage, Nov. 6, 2007 (Elaine Riot)
Change Notes
- 2007-11-29: new
- 2007-11-30: revised

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