On Easter Sunday, 1873, a white supremacist mob killed more than a hundred unarmed African Americans in Grant Parish, Louisiana. The court case that followed reached all the way to the Supreme Court. Despite it being one of the most ghastly mass murders in US history, no one was convicted. Foreword. Glossary. Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions.
Title alpha Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice
Category History High
Pages Count 288
Genre Nonfiction
Topics US Supreme Court. African Americans. Colfax, Louisiana. Nineteenth-century US history. US Reconstruction Era, 1865–1877. Constitutional law. Massacres. Hate crimes.
SRC Level 12.900000
SRC Points 12.000000
Lexile 1260L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2018-08-27
JLG Release Date Oct 2018
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
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