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Blair Graves's avatar

We sure did not learn about this event in my Arkansas history class in school. Shameful. Great piece!

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Beth Arnold's avatar

Thanks! No. This story was not taught to me either.

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Elizabeth Evans's avatar

Most people don’t know Arkansas history such as the Elaine Massacre, an absolutely terrible event that deserves to be known and learned from. Thank you, Beth, for pulling all these threads together to weave your weekly substack posts. What you have to say is important and this week it is particularly heart breaking.

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Beth Arnold's avatar

Thank you. I so appreciate your kind words. ❤️❤️❤️

Exactly. Most people don’t know this, and this is a story everyone in this country should know. And we need to be concerned about the violence Trump is pushing for in L.A. That situation has been set up for the worst to happen.

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Mary Varner Hutto's avatar

Thanks for retelling this history. I was not aware of the Elaine Massacre.

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Beth Arnold's avatar

You’re welcome. Most people don’t know. Like the terrible story in Tulsa, these stories are shameful and have been hidden. There’s quite a bit out there now, but these stories were and are not taught in our schools. To make things worse, the Trump Regime is doing all it can to promote racism. They are racists and putting racists policies back into place today. Shame on them. It is leaps backward and so wrong.

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