On May 10, 1919, white men in downtown Charleston attacked Black citizens, killing two and wounding many more. Clark later told an interviewer that the Poinsette family stayed inside that night, terrified after hearing, from their front porch, the cries of people in the street. | Source: Charleston News and Courier, Second Ed., 11 May 1919, p. 1. Accessed at NewsBank. Download Original File
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Charleston News and Courier, Second Ed., 11 May 1919, p. 1. Accessed at NewsBank.
