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Sundown Towns in Arkansas 1890 -- 1968 [1]

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Date: 2023-01-15

Constitution of the Confederates 1868

After the Arkansas Militia Reconstruction Era ended in 1874. The lynchings of freed blacks increased. There were towns blacks couldn’t go to. This was called Sundown Towns.The Sundown town were marked with signs stating “Nigger do not let the sun go down or No Niggers allowed”. Here are the towns and counties: LYNCHING

Harrison , Boone County Riots in 1905 and 1909.

, Riots in 1905 and 1909. Polk County : assassination of political county official.

: assassination of political county official. Saint Charles , Arkansas County 1904 there were 13 blacks lynched “ deadliest lynchings ”.

, 1904 there were 13 blacks lynched “ ”. Poinsetta County : in 1936, a man named Willie Kees, he was 19 year old lynched.

: in 1936, a man named Willie Kees, he was 19 year old lynched. Greene County

Washington County

Mississippi County

Phillips County

Pinebluff , Jefferson County : 1866 there were 24 blacks lynched.

, : 1866 there were 24 blacks lynched. Fayetteville

Monticello

Clarendon

Ethel

Roe

Pulaski County : In 1927 John Carter, a black resident of Little Rock was lynched on the corner of 9th and Broadway.

: In 1927 John Carter, a black resident of Little Rock was lynched on the corner of 9th and Broadway. Dover

Marianna, ARK: 1881 there were 318 lynchings and 231 injured

These are just some of the lynching throughout the Great State of Arkansas. But there’s is more. Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr!!

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