{"product_id":"blood-in-their-eyes-the-elaine-massacre-of-1919-9781682261361","title":"Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919","description":"On September 30, 1919, local law enforcement in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, attacked black sharecroppers at a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America. The next day, hundreds of white men from the Delta, along with US Army troops, converged on the area \"with blood in their eyes.\" What happened next was one of the deadliest incidents of racial violence in the history of the United States, leaving a legacy of trauma and silence that has persisted for more than a century. In the wake of the massacre, the NAACP and Little Rock lawyer Scipio Jones spearheaded legal action that revolutionized due process in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first edition of Grif Stockley's \u003ci\u003eBlood in Their Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2001, brought renewed attention to the Elaine Massacre and sparked valuable new studies on racial violence and exploitation in Arkansas and beyond. With contributions from fellow historians Brian K. Mitchell and Guy Lancaster, this revised edition draws from recently uncovered source material and explores in greater detail the actions of the mob, the lives of those who survived the massacre, and the regime of fear and terror that prevailed under Jim Crow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrif Stockley is an award-winning novelist and historian whose many books include \u003ci\u003eDaisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Boys Burning: The 1959 Fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brian K. Mitchell is assistant professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has researched and published on the Elaine Massacre, the 1859 expulsion of free blacks from Arkansas, and urban renewal in Little Rock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Guy Lancaster has written or edited three previous works on racial violence in Arkansas, including \u003ci\u003eBullets and Fire: Lynching and Authority in Arkansas, 1840-1950\u003c\/i\u003e. He serves as editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, a project of the Central Arkansas Library System. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478383202578,"sku":"9781682261361","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c806e232-4e26-4dad-891b-3de9d6b97057.jpg?v=1730298644","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blood-in-their-eyes-the-elaine-massacre-of-1919-9781682261361","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}