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The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax, Louisiana, while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Colfax massacre
1873 murder of black men by white militia in Colfax, Louisiana
The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. An estimated 62–153 Black men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Colfax, Louisiana
Town in Louisiana, United States
Colfax is a town in, and the parish seat of, Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1869. Colfax is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana metropolitan area. The largely African American population of Colfax counted 1,558 at the 2010 census.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ku Klux Klan
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to KKK or Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction in the devastated South. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 13
Day of the year
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 262 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)