Red Summer 1919: Tree memorializing black Americans killed in Elaine, Arkansas, cut down
the African American lives lost in a 1919 massacre in Elaine, Arkansas, in one of the deadliest racial conflicts in U.S. history, was chopped down this week in what some fear was an act of hate. Mary Olson, president and founder of the Elaine Legacy Center, about the incident on Facebook Wednesday. "The Living Memorial, memorializing all those who lost their lives in the Elaine Massacre of 1919 was chopped down at the base today and the Memorial tag stolen," she said in the post. Elaine Police Department Chief Alvin Scaife said the tree ...
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