![]() This was as close as white terror had ever come to me and my mind reeled. Uncle Hoskins had simply been plucked from our midst and we, figuratively, had fallen on our faces to avoid looking into that white-hot face of terror that we knew loomed somewhere above us. He wrote, quote, “There was only silence, quiet weeping, whispers and fears. ![]() ![]() Richard Wright was 9 years old when he and his family were forced to flee. He was known for his acclaimed novel Native Son and his memoir, Black Boy, in which he describes how his uncle Silas Hoskins was lynched in 1916 near Elaine by white people who wanted his business. I’m Amy Goodman, as we turn to Part 2 of our interview about this 103rd anniversary of the Elaine massacre, commemorated this past weekend in Arkansas.īefore the massacre, Elaine was home to Richard Wright, who became one of the most famous Black writers in United States history. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. ![]()
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