"Race War in Arkansas"

Newspaper account of African Americans killed and wounded during labor strife in Polk County, from the New York Times; August 10, 1896.

"Race war in Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Courtesy of Guy Lancaster

Media

Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

Category

Business and Economics / Labor

Type

Event

Race & Ethnicity

African American

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