37. African American Women And Children Hid In The Woods
No African Americans were safe from the violence. Whether or not they were part of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America was irrelevant; what was taking place was a full-scale massacre of every African American that the mobs could find.
To try to save their own lives, women and children hid in the woods around Elaine. But even for the survivors, the devastation was complete. With as many as 800 people killed, nobody in Elaine was untouched by the massacre. The atmosphere of fear and hatred would haunt the town for decades.
