The Elaine Massacre and Arkansas : a century of atrocity and resistance, 1819-1919 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Little Rock, Arkansas : Butler Center Books, a division of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System, 2018. ©2018
Description:	281 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Elaine Race Riot (Arkansas : 1919) African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arkansas -- History. Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919. African Americans -- Arkansas -- History. African American farmers -- Arkansas -- History. African American farmers. African Americans. African Americans -- Civil rights. Race relations. Arkansas -- Race relations -- History. Arkansas. Arkansas -- Elaine. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11609827

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Other authors / contributors:	Lancaster, Guy, 1976- editor. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
ISBN:	9781945624070 1945624078 9781945624117 1945624116
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. White Fear of Black Rebellion in Antebellum Arkansas, 1819-1865
Chapter 2. In Defense of White Hegemony: Fear of Insurrection as a Cause of Mass Lynchings in Arkansas, 1883-1904
Chapter 3. With Intent to Destroy: What Labels Can Reveal about the Elaine Event
Chapter 4. Labor Activism, Third-Party Politics, and African Americans in Arkansas, 1865-1892
Photos
Chapter 5. Black Organizing through Fraternal Orders: Black Mobilization and White Backlash
Chapter 6. The Attorney Who Fought for Justice: A Brief Biography of Scipio Jones
Chapter 7. Women and the 1919 Elaine Massacre
Chapter 8. When the Depths Don't Give up Their Dead: A Discussion on New Primary Sources and How They Are Reshaping Debate on the Elaine Massacre
Chapter 9. Cracking Open the Door: Moore v. Dempsey and the Fight for Justice
Contributors
Index

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