Where in our school history books was the chapter on massacres? I recall only reading about one or two Indian massacres and also the famous Boston massacre which the brave citizens of Boston were victims. Every student had to memorize that date in my school. The massacre was said to have precipitated our Revolutionary War against the Brits. There was nothing on this Black massacre which happened today, 1919 in Arkansas. In fact, Black massacres were almost common at one time in our history. Unfortunately, you have to dig deeply to find them. Below, image of exaggerated, racist newspaper article covering the Elaine Massacre; October 3, 1919. Also, below, an article from historian Howard Zinn:
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elaine-massacre/