One of the worst incidents of racial violence after the Civil War set the stage for segregation The Reconstruction period that followed America's Civil War was one of the worst, most violent eras in American history. During that time, thousands of African-Americans were killed by domestic terrorists like the Ku Klux Klan who tried to reinforce antebellum policies of white supremacy. For many historians, one of the worst examples of this violence occurred 143 years ago today: the Colfax Massacre of 1873. Full Article: https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/the-colfax-massacre
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