The day freedom died : the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction / Charles Lane.
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. On April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers killed more than sixty Negroes who had occupied a courthouse. Journalist Charles Lane transforms this nearly forgotten incident into a hi...
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