Reconstruction Era | The Bloody Chasm | 4

Reconstruction Era | The Bloody Chasm | 4

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Reconstruction Era | The Panic | 5

On Easter Sunday, 1873, an armed white mob battled a Black militia over control of a courthouse in a rural Louisiana parish. In the end, as many as 150 Black citizens were massacred. It was one the deadliest incidents of racial violence during the Reconstruction era.As anti-Black ...  Show more

Reconstruction Era | The Great Betrayal | 6

In 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden vied for the presidency. But when Election Day was over, no clear winner emerged. Amid reports of voter fraud, intimidation and violence, both parties claimed victory in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida, the ...  Show more

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