The Civil War was over, and Black men were legally allowed to vote and helped Republicans win in 1870.
Two years later, Louisiana Democrats were determined to take back the state by preventing Black men from voting through intimidation and voter suppression.
On Easter Sunday morning, White supremacists stormed the building and went on a killing spree, brutally murdering some 150 Black men.
Another disputed election, more political violenceAs for the gubernatorial election dispute in 1872, it happened again in 1876.
And while violence should never be the answer, it has occurred more than any of us would want to admit.
Persons:
William Pitt Kellogg, Charles R, Railey, “, scoundrel, ” Railey, Kellogg, David Fisher, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, James A, Garfield, William McKinley, John F, Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S, Truman, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, John D, McEnery, McEnery’s, ”, wasn’t, White supremacists, Stephen Packard, Francis T, Nicholls, Packard, Ulysses S, Grant, William Weldon, Frank Hudson, Weldon, ” Packard, Jim Crow
Organizations:
CNN, Louisiana Gov, American, Republican, Black, Republicans, Louisiana Democrats, Blacks, The White League, Philadelphia Press
Locations:
Louisiana, New Orleans, Colfax, Grant Parish , Louisiana, Washington