Massacres & mob attacks
Colfax Massacre
13 April 1873Grant Parish courthouse, Colfax, LA
A white paramilitary force attacked the Grant Parish courthouse on Easter Sunday and killed an estimated 62 to 150 Black men, most of them after they had surrendered. The prosecution that followed was overturned, gutting federal protection against racial violence.
- People killed
- 62–150
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