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| | Argenta Race Riot - Encyclopedia of Arkansas |
 | | However, before order was restored, half a block of commercial buildings on East Washington Avenue burned down, two African-American residences went up in flames, and scores of fl families temporarily left the city as armed men roamed the streets. |
 | | The two major newspapers in Little Rock, the Arkansas Gazette and the Arkansas Democrat, reported that the trouble stemmed from a barroom fight in which a white former Argenta policeman, Robert R. McDonald, killed a fl musician, Wiley Shelby, on September 11, 1906. |
 | | Rumors ran wild for the next few days, and fears of arson in Argenta’s fl-populated east end convinced many to leave until calm was fully restored several days later. |
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