The “Silent No More” Multi-Media Elaine Massacre History Exhibit

ELAINE, ARK – The “Silent No More” Multi-Media exhibit, created and led by Descendants of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 (DOEM1919) opens September 30, 2022. Being held at the former Elaine High School (100 College Street) in Elaine, Arkansas, the exhibit will include a historical timeline of the Elaine Massacre, structural art, digital stories, and names of known victims and survivors.

This two-day exhibit opens on the anniversary of the Elaine Massacre, Friday, September 30, and concludes on Saturday, October 1, 2022, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Visitors will be able to see what sharecroppers’ agreements with plantation owners looked like, and view copies of letters written by a soldier who was on the ground in Elaine during the Massacre.

Some will learn for the first time about Attorney Scipio A. Jones and his fight to save the lives of the Elaine 12. They will learn of the fierce, anti-Lynching activist, journalist, and Author Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who wrote first-hand accounts of the Elaine Massacre. Visitors will also be introduced to two descendants of the Elaine Massacre on opposite sides of this dark time in our history, and hear their story of friendship, reconciliation, and healing.

DOEM1919 invites high schools, colleges, and universities to help make Friday, September 30, 2022, a day for “An Education in Arkansas History” by planning a school trip to Elaine to tour the exhibit so that students can learn about this time in American History. To register your school, please contact us at the information below

The “Silent No More” Exhibit is free to the public. Read URBANE Magazine article on the occurrences of the Elaine Massacre.

Email: Descendantsofelaine@gmail.com

Contact person: Lisa Hicks Gilbert

Oranization: Descendants of The Elaine Massacre of 1919 (DOEM1919)

Address: P.O Box 593 Elaine, Arkansas 72333

Phone: 501-765-6331