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Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com An estimated 100 to 237 blacks were killed, along with five white men. The Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America had organized chapters in the Elaine area in 1918-19. On September 29, representatives met with about 100 black farmers at a church near Elaine to discuss how to obtain fairer settlements from landowners. Whites had resisted union organizing by the farmers and often spied on or disrupted such meetings. In a confrontation at the church, a county deputy was shot and killed, and another white man wounded The host for this episode is Marsha Joyner. The guest for this episode is Mary Olson.