Racial Violence – Civil War Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction Era Violence
The Camilla Massacre (1868)
The Camilla Massacre was aftermath of a political rally in Mitchell County, Georgia, that ended with numerous participants killed and...
Virden, Illinois Race Riot (1898)
The Virden, Illinois Race Riot was an example of the combination of labor and racial violence in the late 19th...
The Thibodaux Massacre (November 23, 1887)
The Thibodaux Massacre took place in Thibodaux, Louisiana on November 23, 1887. Black sugar cane workers, determined to unionize for...
The Clinton, Mississippi Riot (1875)
The Clinton Riot began on September 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were...
The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre (1886)
The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre occurred on March 17, 1886 in Carrollton, the county seat of Carroll County, Mississippi. An incident from earlier...
The Meridian Race Riot (1871)
The Meridian Race Riot occurred over three days in March 1871 in Meridian, Mississippi. It resulted in the murders of a white Republican judge and...
Detroit Race Riot (1863)
On March 6, 1863, a white mob attacked Detroit, Michigan’s black population in the city’s first race riot. The event demonstrated racism...
Pulaski, Tennessee Race Riot, 1868
The Pulaski Race Riot occurred in Pulaski, Tennessee on January 7, 1868, when local whites shot, and killed or wounded, six African American men. The...
New Orleans Dockworkers Riot (1894-1895)
The 1895 New Orleans Dockworkers Riot was a racially motivated attack on non-union black dockworkers by white dockworkers and their sympathizers. The...
