#tdih 1873 Colfax Massacre by white supremacists in Louisiana on Easter Sunday. Republicans had narrowly won 1872 election to retain control of state and a Black militia defended the victory, but Democrats used brutal violence to overturn results. See ⬇️zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/colf…
"The bloodiest single instance of racial carnage in Reconstruction era, the Colfax Massacre taught many lessons, including the lengths to which some opponents of Reconstruction would go to regain their accustomed authority." -- Eric Foner #peopleshistory zinnedproject.org/materials/free…
Although federal charges were brought against several white insurgents (terrorists), the Supreme Court later ruled in "U.S. v. Cruikshank" that 14th Amendment only applied to state actions and offered no protections against acts by individual citizens. zinnedproject.org/materials/peop…
It is time to teach about the long and ongoing history of the struggle for voting rights (and against voter suppression) in U.S. history. Here is a unit with three lessons for grades 7+, free at the ZEP website. #teachoutsidetextbook #TeachReconstruction zinnedproject.org/materials/teac…
Read about more massacres in U.S. history. Most were designed to maintain white supremacy by suppressing voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights. zinnedproject.org/collection/mas…
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