NAARC Press Release: National Groups Honor Pledge to Descendants of Elaine, Arkansas Massacre

National Groups Honor Pledge to Descendants of Elaine, Arkansas Massacre
First Contribution Made to Support Reparatory Justice Priorities

In mid-October the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), the Fund for Reparations Now (FFRN) and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC) announced their intent to join the descendants of the horrific Elaine Arkansas Massacre still living in the area of the ‘Killing Fields of 1919’ in their demand for reparatory justice.
The Elaine massacre occurred during the “Bloody Red Summer” of 1919 and resulted in the murder, incarceration and dispossession of hundreds of Black residents, many of whom were proud property…