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A deadly massacre of the post-slavery era finally gets a suitable memorial
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExactly 150 years after a violent massacre left dozens of Black people dead, the small Louisiana...
Louisiana town erects monument to pay homage to victims of bloody Colfax Massacre
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Colfax Massacre was the deadliest atrocity of the Reconstruction Era in the South. A new...
Letter: Incidents of voter restrictions are part of U.S. history
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn regards to the gentleman who said voter restriction is not, nor has it ever been, a problem in...
The Attack on Paul Pelosi and America's Long History of Political Violence
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA San Francisco police officer stands guard in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy...
The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...
The Colfax Massacre: The mass shooting that made America
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOPINION: 150 years ago today, a white supremacist act of domestic terrorism set the stage for Black...