What the records say
- When
- 3 May 1866
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 35.15° N, 90.05° W
- Description
- riot
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Memphis massacre of 1866
Massacre of the Black community of Memphis, Tennessee
The Memphis massacre of 1866 was a rebellion with a series of violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 1866, in Memphis, Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political and social racism following the American Civil War, in the early stages of Reconstruction.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Memphis massacre: a rebellion with a series of violent racial events”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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