Bogalusa sawmill killings

Bogalusa saw mill killings
Bogalusa saw mill killings
	Night time shot of the Great Southern Lumber Company at Bogalusa
Date	November 22, 1919
Location	Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States; 30°46′50″N 89°51′50″W / 30.78056°N 89.86389°W
Methods	Strikes, Protest, Demonstrations, Union organization
Resulted in	Severe setback to black labor organizing
Parties
Sawmill workers; American Federation of Labor;	White paramilitary forces; Self-Preservation and Loyalty League (SPLL);
Lead figures
	Sol Dacus; Lum William William H. Sullivan
Casualties and losses
Deaths: 4	Injured: 1
	Location within Louisiana Bogalusa sawmill killings (the United States)

The Bogalusa saw mill killings were a series of racially motivated attacks that occurred on November 22, 1919, resulting in the deaths of four labor organizers. These attacks took place in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States, and were orchestrated by the white paramilitary group known as the Self-Preservation and Loyalty League (SPLL). The SPLL received support from the owners of the Great Southern Lumber Company, a major logging corporation, with the goal of preventing union organization and the merger of Black and White labor organizations.