The Colfax massacre : the untold story of Black power, White terror, and the death of Reconstruction / LeeAnna Keith.

Author/creator Keith, LeeAnna
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxviii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana. --Colfax.
Massacres--Louisiana. --Colfax. --History. --19th century.
Violence--Louisiana. --Colfax. --History. --19th century.
Racism--Louisiana. --Colfax. --History. --19th century.
African Americans--Crimes against. --Louisiana. --Colfax. --History. --19th century.
Contested elections--Louisiana. --Grant Parish. --History. --19th century.
Colfax (La.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Grant Parish (La.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Grant Parish (La.)--Politics and government. --19th century.

Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209) and index.
LCCN 2007023368
ISBN9780195310269 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0195310268 (hardback : alk. paper)