Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919

by Grif Stockley

Book Overview

On September 30, 1919, local law enforcement in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, attacked black sharecroppers at a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America. The next day, hundreds of white men from the Delta, along with US Army troops, converged on the area "with blood in their eyes." What happened next was one of the deadliest incidents of racial violence in the history of the United States, leaving a legacy of trauma and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682261360
• ISBN13: 9781682261361
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"