A massacre in Memphis : the race riot that shook the nation one year after the Civil War /

A massacre in Memphis : the race riot that shook the nation one year after the Civil War /

An unprecedented account of one of the bloodiest and most significant racial clashes in American history In May 1866, just a year after the Civil War ended, Memphis erupted in a three-day spasm of racial violence that saw whites rampage through the city's black neighborhoods. By the time the fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ash, Stephen V. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866.
African Americans > Violence against > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.

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