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 fires...
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New York :
Hill and Wang,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Memphis, Tennessee, May 22-24, 1866
- A city divided. Yankee Memphis ; Rebel Memphis ; Irish Memphis ; Black Memphis
- The Riot. An incident on the Bayou Bridge : Monday, April 30, midafternoon to Tuesday, May 1, late afternoon ; "You have killed him once, what do you want to kill him again for?" : Tuesday, May 1, late afternoon to Wednesday, May 2, first light ; Fire : Wednesday, May 2, early morning to Thursday, May 3, dawn
- The aftermath. Recriminations and investigations ; The Riot in history and memory.
