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The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre

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The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre

Nan Elizabeth Woodruff, emeritus professor of African American Studies and Modern U.S. History, has been published in The New York Times this week. Covering the forgotten history of America’s worst racial massacre in Elaine, Arkansas, one hundred years ago this week.

 

The article can be found at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/elaine-massacre-1919-arkansas.html