The case resulted from the Elaine Race Riot in Phillips County, Arkansas, which followed the shooting death of a white railroad security employee on September 30,1919 after shots were exchanged outside a church where a black tenant farmers union was meeting.
The case resulted from the Elaine Race Riot in Phillips County, Arkansas. Phillips County, Arkansas followed the shooting death of a white railroad security employee on September 30,1919. Shots were exchanged outside a church where a black tenant farmers union was meeting.