Talk:Elaine massacre

Needs new lede
The lede is at least twice the length it ought to be, and contains much material not represented in article. Valetude (talk) 15:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Concerning the credibility of the quote in the NAACP section
In the NAACP section, it states that "The conductor told the young man that he was leaving 'just when the fun is going to start,' because they had found out that there was a 'damned yellow nigger passing for white and the boys are going to get him.' When White asked what the boys would do to the man, the conductor told White that 'when they get through with him he won't pass for white no more!'"

However, the source that this is taken from states in the next paragraph that "It is likely that White exaggerated the dramatic manner of his escape, much in the way he did his childhood experiences in the Atlanta riot…surviving documents reveal several inconsistencies between what White wrote at the time and what he later recalled having happened."

I'm not sure how to handle things when something like this happens, so I'm asking anyone to please correct this to add more nuance. Thanks.

Freedom4U (talk) 03:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well spotted! I've added this note to the article, and simply attributed the first paragraph to White and the second paragraph to the biographer. -- Beland (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Information to add to the article
To add to this article: the memorial willow tree was cut down by whom? A vandal? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 09:23, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. I looked for updates, and yes, it's considered vandalism but the case is still unsolved. I added that to the article. -- Beland (talk) 19:26, 26 May 2022 (UTC)