The Colfax massacre : the untold story of Black power, White terror, and the death of Reconstruction / LeeAnna Keith.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keith, LeeAnna
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Colfax (La.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Grant Parish (La.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Louisiana > Colfax.
Massacres > Louisiana > Colfax > History > 19th century.
Violence > Louisiana > Colfax > History > 19th century.
Racism > Louisiana > Colfax > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Louisiana > Colfax > History > 19th century.
Contested elections > Louisiana > Grant Parish > History > 19th century.
Grant Parish (La.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Physical Description:xviii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : On Bones and their Markers
  • Alabama Fever
  • The Philosopher
  • The Fall
  • Led by a Damned Puppy
  • A Town Called Fight
  • Carnival of the Animals
  • Battle of the Colfax Courthouse
  • Voyage of the Ozark
  • Getting Away with Murder
  • The Legacy of Cruikshank.