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Arkansas Gazette controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1919

    Misreporting surrounding the Elaine massacre

    The Gazette repeated official claims that African Americans in the Elaine area were preparing an insurrection and characterized the area as a zone of Black revolt. The reporting contributed to a false public narrative during a period in which more than one hundred African Americans were indicted and twelve were sentenced to death. The twelve death sentences were later overturned after NAACP legal efforts.

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