Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Colfax Massacre

1 Anmeldelser

3

Længde
8T 6M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militia, defending the town's courthouse, were slain by an armed force of rampaging white supremacists. The most deadly incident of racial violence of the Reconstruction era, the Colfax Massacre unleashed a reign of terror that all but extinguished the campaign for racial equality.

LeeAnna Keith's The Colfax Massacre is the first full-length book to tell the history of this decisive event. Drawing on a huge body of documents, including eyewitness accounts of the massacre, as well as newly discovered evidence from the site itself, Keith explores the racial tensions that led to the fateful encounter, during which surrendering blacks were mercilessly slaughtered, and the reverberations this message of terror sent throughout the South. Keith also recounts the heroic attempts by U.S. Attorney J.R. Beckwith to bring the killers to justice and the many legal issues raised by the massacre. In 1875, disregarding the poignant testimony of 300 witnesses, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in U.S. v. Cruikshank to overturn a lower court conviction of eight conspirators. This decision virtually nullified the Ku Klux Klan Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871--which had made federal offenses of a variety of acts to intimidate voters and officeholders--and cleared the way for the Jim Crow era.

If there was a single historical moment that effectively killed Reconstruction and erased the gains blacks had made since the civil war, it was the day of the Colfax Massacre. LeeAnna Keith gives readers both a gripping narrative account of that portentous day and a nuanced historical analysis of its far-reaching repercussions.

© 2025 G&D Media (Lydbog): 9781722553821

Release date

Lydbog: 7. marts 2025

Tags

    Andre kan også lide...

    1. MAGA Movement 2020 - 2025: The Trump's Revolution and the Future of MAGA Mollie H. Hewitt
    2. What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era Carlos Lozada
    3. Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases Michael Chabon
    4. Summary of Thom Hartmann's The Hidden History of Neoliberalism IRB Media
    5. Vasco da Gama: The First Person to Sail from Europe to India around the African Continent Kelly Mass
    6. Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Brian Klaas
    7. First Class Comrades: The Stasi in the Cold War, 1945-1961 J. Boulter
    8. Pancho Villa: The Bandit That Fought in the Mexican Revolution Kelly Mass
    9. Augosto Pinochet: Biography of a Modern Chilean Dictator Kelly Mass
    10. Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America Sharon Udasin
    11. The Anglo-Saxons and Medieval England: An Enthralling Guide to the People, Culture, and Major Events Billy Wellman
    12. Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers Michelle Malkin
    13. Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act Joseph A. Califano
    14. The Cost: Trump, China, and American Revival James Freeman
    15. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid: Peace Not Apartheid Jimmy Carter
    16. India: A History John Keay
    17. SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build Jonathan Waldman
    18. Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Sylvia Nasar
    19. The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War Benn Steil
    20. Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car Alex Davies
    21. The Last of the President's Men Bob Woodward
    22. Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller
    23. Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy Russell Gold
    24. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Lee Iacocca
    25. True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy Kati Marton
    26. Play Dirty Sandra Brown
    27. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane Walter Isaacson
    28. Pretend You Don't See Her Mary Higgins Clark
    29. To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers Bruce Jones
    30. Ricochet: A Novel Sandra Brown
    31. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth Brian Stelter
    32. Where Are You Now?: A Novel Mary Higgins Clark
    33. Just Take My Heart: A Novel Mary Higgins Clark
    34. Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Robert D. Putnam
    35. The Sleeping Beauty Killer Alafair Burke
    36. The Bronze Age in Europe: The History and Legacy of Civilizations Across Europe from 3200-600 BCE Charles River Editors
    37. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Barry Strauss
    38. In Our Time Ernest Hemingway
    39. Putting Liberalism in Its Place Paul W. Kahn
    40. Across the River and Into the Trees Ernest Hemingway
    41. Bad Hombres: How Hispanics Will Save America Steve Cortes
    42. Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic Jeremy Adelman

    Vælg dit abonnement

    • Over 600.000 titler

    • Download og nyd titler offline

    • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

    • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

    • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

    Flex

    For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

    89 kr. /måned
    • 1 konto

    • 20 timer/måned

    • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

    • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

    • Fri lytning til podcasts

    • Ingen binding

    Prøv gratis
    Den mest populære

    Premium

    For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

    129 kr. /måned
    • 1 konto

    • 100 timer/måned

    • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

    • Fri lytning til podcasts

    • Ingen binding

    Start tilbuddet

    Unlimited

    For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

    149 kr. /måned
    • 1 konto

    • Ubegrænset adgang

    • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

    • Fri lytning til podcasts

    • Ingen binding

    Start tilbuddet

    Family

    For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

    Fra 179 kr. /måned
    • 2-6 konti

    • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

    • Fri lytning til podcasts

    • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

    • Ingen binding

    2 konti

    179 kr. /måned
    Prøv gratis