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Thanks for sharing about this one....after teaching history for 30 years, I still hadn't heard of this until now. How much more is there....a lot I bet!

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Another moment of lost or hidden history. And they don't want us to be "woke".

Hope to see you at the forum tomorrow do you can sign my book.

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Thank you for keeping us informed. I never heard of the Elaine Massacre.

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It is indeed incredible how much Ameticans don't know of the history of our nation. I read the EJI calendar daily, and today's entry was about the massacre in Elaine, AR. Here's a bit of their entry: "On the night of September 30, 1919, approximately 100 Black farmers attended a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America at a church in Phillips County, Arkansas"

What is also very important is the fact that Black sharecroppers had unionized and that a group of armed Black men were standing guard outside the church where the meeting was taking place. The white plantation owners wanted nothing to do with paying share croppers or dealing with any upstart Black union members.

Our legal system is founded on property and money. If you are short of either, the legal system doesn't always or usually protect your interests. Humanity, dignity, respect cannot be quantified like money and property.

Thank you for making this story known.

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Thank you for your truth telling with the “receipts of history.” I learned about the Elaine Massacre and Elias Camp Morris in “The Spirit of Justice” along with many other brave folks & history I’d not learned prior.

Similarly, I recently learned about historical appropriation in my family’s printed & oral narratives. Recently, I learned my ancestors were enslavers, as religious refugee settlers. The “Yankee” pride with the Mennonite (& pacifist) faith for generations are highlighted. The enslavers even built a Mennonite church on their property, where the enslaved people were robbed of pay while the wealthy Mennonite family benefitted for generations. Now I see the roots and hypocrisy of white Christian nationalism (wCN) in the early colonies before the American Revolution!

I grieve, confess, & lament with more truth-telling—departing from selective historical accounts & narratives. I’m so grateful I read/listened to “The Spirit of Justice” days before I learned about my family’s racism & enslaving people amidst their Mennonite faith (& pacifism.) Now I process & consider what I do with my recent learnings.

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