994: The Red Summer // Spiritual Lessons from Black and White America 05 (Eric Ludy)
Daily Thunder Podcast
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The Tensions of the Red Summer
For many, Williams' death was a microcosm of the longstanding violence perpetrated against black people without consequence. The National World War I Museum of Memorial says this, likely the deadliest incident of the red summer occurred in and around Elaine Arkansas after a white law officer was killed in a shootout outside of black sharecropper gathering. Estimates vary as to how many African Americans were killed, but upwards of 200 are believed to have lost their lives.
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