The Earle Race Riot of 1970 occurred on the evening of September 10 in a small county in Arkansas, and continued into the early hours of September 11. The violence erupted when a group of whites armed with clubs, guns, and other weapons attacked a group of unarmed African-Americans marching to Earle County city hall […]
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