Phillips County, Arkansas
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Phillips County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, in what is known as the Arkansas Delta along the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,
Phillips County Courthouse in Helena-West Helena
Elaine massacre
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The Elaine massacre occurred on September 30 – October 2, 1919, at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, where African Americans were organizing against peonage and a
Phillips County, Arkansas
…agricultural. The Helena-West Helena, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Phillips County. From September 30 – October 1, 1919, during the Elaine massacre in Phillips County, at least 237 African Americans were killed, attacked at large by armed whites trying to suppress the Progressive Farmers and Household…
Headline in the Arkansas Gazette, October 3, 1919
Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906