Remembering the Memphis Massacre
An American Story
On May 1, 1866, a minor exchange between white Memphis city police and a group of black Union soldiers quickly escalated into murder and mayhem. Changes wrought by the Civil War and African American emancipation sent long-standing racial, economic, cultural, class, and gender tensions rocketing to new heights. For three days, a mob of white men roamed through South Memphis, leaving a trail of blood, rubble, and terror in their wake. By May 3, at least forty-six African American men, women, and children and two white men lay dead. An unknown number of black people had been driven out of the city. Every African American church and schoolhouse l…
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Weitere Autoren: O'Donovan, Susan Eva (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8203-5649-5
- EAN: 9780820356495
- Produktnummer: 32771726
- Verlag: Templar
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 232 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'775 KB
- Abbildungen: 21 b&w images
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Edited by Beverly Greene Bond and Susan Eva O'Donovan
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