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Bonded through atrocity, men set out to correct record of Louisiana's Colfax Massacre
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCOLFAX, La. – The shiny new black marble monument dedicated to the victims of the Colfax Massacre...
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...
Colfax Massacre descendants talk about racial healing on both sides
The Town Talk via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe ancestors of the Rev. Avery Hamilton and Dean Woods were on opposite sides of the Colfax...
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...
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...
On This Day, April 13: White supremacists kill dozens in Colfax massacre
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOn April 13, 1873, a mob of former Confederate soldiers and Ku Klux Klan members killed dozens of...
US Army renames Fort Lee to honor 2 pioneering Black military officers
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — U.S. Army Virginia garrison, Fort Lee, was renamed Thursday to Fort...
Daily Briefing: Supreme Court pauses action on mifepristone for a second time
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn administrative stay on restrictions to access to the abortion pill mifepristone has been extended...
Daily Briefing: Biden announces 2024 reelection campaign
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden timed his announcement of his 2024 reelection campaign with the four-year...
Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDespite intimidation both current and historical, American voters turned out in near-record numbers...