Charles Hillman Brough
Charles Hillman Brough | |
|---|---|
Thomas Chipman McRae | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 9, 1876 Clinton, Hinds County Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 1935 (aged 59) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Mississippi College University of Mississippi School of Law |
| Profession | Professor, Lawyer |
Charles Hillman Brough (July 9, 1876 – December 26, 1935) was an American politician who served as the
Biography
Charles Brough was born in
Brough was elected governor in 1916. He defeated attorney
During the Brough administration, the state reformatory for women was founded and a girl's industrial school was opened. He signed into law a bill which allowed women to vote in
In 1919, the Elaine massacre in Elaine, Phillips County, took place in which white residents created false conspiracies about black residents wanting to kill whites although black residents were only trying to form a union to demand better wages as sharecroppers.[2] Brough requested federal troops from the War Department and accompanied the troops to the scene. There, soldiers rounded up black residents and, as the Mississippi vigilantes and local posse were already doing, killed black residents indiscriminately. At least two and possibly more victims were killed by soldiers. Up to 237 black people were killed in the massacre.[3][2] That was one of the deadliest racial conflicts in all of American history.[4]
Brough was a personal friend of the Woodward family and was an early influence on prominent southern historian C. Vann Woodward.
Brough served as the director of the Public Information Bureau from 1925 to 1928 and in 1929 as president of
Brough died in Washington, D.C. Like many other Arkansas governors, he is interred at the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in the capital city of Little Rock.
Asked how to pronounce his surname, he told The
See also
References
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
- ^ a b Krugler, David (February 16, 2015). "America's Forgotten Mass Lynching: When 237 People Were Murdered In Arkansas". Daily Beast. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Elaine Massacre, Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture; accessed July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Elaine Massacre". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Leonhart, James Chancellor (1962). The Fabulous Octogenarian. Baltimore Maryland: Redwood House, Inc. p. 277.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-8195-5161-9
External links
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: Charles Hillman Brough