Elaine massacre
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The Elaine massacre was a 1919 outbreak of racist mob violence in Elaine, Arkansas, in which white mobs and authorities killed an untold number of Black sharecroppers who were organizing for better labor rights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaine massacre canonical | 8 |
| Elaine massacre of 1919 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10282142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaine massacre Context triple: [Red Summer, hasNotableEvent, Elaine massacre]
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Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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D.
Tulle massacre
The Tulle massacre was a World War II atrocity in June 1944 in which German SS troops hanged and killed dozens of French civilians in the town of Tulle as a brutal reprisal against Resistance activities.
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E.
Corpus Christi massacre
The Corpus Christi massacre was a 1971 government-led attack on student demonstrators in Mexico City, in which paramilitary forces violently repressed protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaine massacre Target entity description: The Elaine massacre was a 1919 outbreak of racist mob violence in Elaine, Arkansas, in which white mobs and authorities killed an untold number of Black sharecroppers who were organizing for better labor rights.
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A.
Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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D.
Tulle massacre
The Tulle massacre was a World War II atrocity in June 1944 in which German SS troops hanged and killed dozens of French civilians in the town of Tulle as a brutal reprisal against Resistance activities.
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E.
Corpus Christi massacre
The Corpus Christi massacre was a 1971 government-led attack on student demonstrators in Mexico City, in which paramilitary forces violently repressed protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ racially motivated violence ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Elaine race riot of 1919 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Elaine Massacre Memorial
ⓘ
historical markers in Elaine, Arkansas ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 34.313°N 90.853°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedBySource |
Arkansas state reports
ⓘ
NAACP investigations ⓘ contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ |
| endTime | 1919-10-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Moore v. Dempsey ⓘ |
| hasCause |
attempts by Black sharecroppers to organize for better labor rights
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racial tension in the Jim Crow South ⓘ white supremacist violence ⓘ |
| hasContext |
efforts to form a Black farmers’ union
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post–World War I racial tensions ⓘ sharecropping system in the Arkansas Delta ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
land loss for Black farmers in Phillips County
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landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on due process ⓘ strengthening of white supremacist control in the Arkansas Delta ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Jim Crow era
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linked to:
Jim Crow laws
|
| legalCase | Moore v. Dempsey ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Phillips County, Arkansas ⓘ |
| location | Elaine, Arkansas ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black sharecroppers
ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths |
5 white people (approximate, reported)
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at least 100 Black people (estimated, disputed) ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Black civil rights activists
ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Summer
ⓘ
racial conflicts in the United States in 1919 ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Arkansas state troops
ⓘ
linked to:
Arkansas militia
local law enforcement officers ⓘ white mobs ⓘ white vigilantes from surrounding areas ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
mass arrest of Black residents
ⓘ
show trials of Black defendants ⓘ torture-induced confessions of Black defendants ⓘ |
| startTime | 1919-09-30 ⓘ |
| topicOf |
documentaries about the Red Summer of 1919
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scholarly works on racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| victim |
African American residents of Phillips County
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Black sharecroppers ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Elaine massacre Description of subject: The Elaine massacre was a 1919 outbreak of racist mob violence in Elaine, Arkansas, in which white mobs and authorities killed an untold number of Black sharecroppers who were organizing for better labor rights.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Elaine, Arkansas, United States
subject linked to:
Elaine, Arkansas, United States
linked to: Elaine massacre