The Arkansas race riot /

"The Arkansas race riot at Elaine and Hoop Spur, Arkansas, September 30th, Oct. 1, 2, & 3, 1919. The result of which scores of Negroes killed by white rioters, 5 white men alleged to have been killed by Negroes; a half million dollars worth of Negroes' cotton stolen, 75 Negroes in peni...

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Main Author: Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 (Author)
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : [Hume Job Print], [1920?]
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Summary:"The Arkansas race riot at Elaine and Hoop Spur, Arkansas, September 30th, Oct. 1, 2, & 3, 1919. The result of which scores of Negroes killed by white rioters, 5 white men alleged to have been killed by Negroes; a half million dollars worth of Negroes' cotton stolen, 75 Negroes in penitentiary for 21 years, 12 Negroes sentenced to death--not a single white man arrested! This book shows the riot was a conspiracy by the white men to take the Negroes' cotton and not a conspiracy by Negroes to kill white people"--Back cover.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (58 pages, 3 leaves of plates, portraits)