Nation Red Summer 1919: Tree memorializing black Americans killed in Elaine, Arkansas, cut down August 25, 2019Grace Hauck, USA TODAYComments Off on Red Summer 1919: Tree memorializing black Americans killed in Elaine, Arkansas, cut down A tree memorializing the African American lives lost in a 1919 massacre in Elaine, Arkansas, was chopped down this week in a possible hate crime.