<\/span> After World War I, it quickly became clear that the war to make the world "safe for democracy" had not made America safe for equality. Anti-Black race riots ripped through Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., and even Elaine, Arkansas. In October 1919, after Black sharecroppers in Elaine convened a union meeting, newspapers labeled the effort a "Negro uprising." The state mobilized troops and mobs to quell the rebellion. The result was "possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States," concluded the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. | The American Civil Liberties Union's origin…<\/span><\/p>\nEds.<\/span> (2021-03-17)<\/span>. The watchdogs of imperialism and the Uyghur genocide slander.<\/a><\/span> mronline.org<\/a><\/span> <\/span> MR Online <\/span><\/p>\n