A city divided. Yankee Memphis -- Rebel Memphis -- Irish Memphis -- Black Memphis -- The riot. An incident on the Bayou Bridge -- "You have killed him once, what do you want to kill him again for?" -- Fire -- The aftermath. Recriminations and investigations -- The riot in history and memory
Summary:
"An unprecedented account of one of the bloodiest and most significant racial clashes in American history"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866 Search this
African Americans--Violence against--History Search this