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Keith, LeeAnna.

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

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	976.367 K269c 2008	---	Available
Axe Special Collections Reitz	976.367 K269c 2008 c.3	---	Lib Use Only
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	976.367 K269c 2008 c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Description	xviii, 219 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209) and index.
Contents	Introduction : On Bones and their Markers -- Alabama Fever -- The Philosopher -- The Fall -- Led by a Damned Puppy -- A Town Called Fight -- Carnival of the Animals -- Battle of the Colfax Courthouse -- Voyage of the Ozark -- Getting Away with Murder -- The Legacy of Cruikshank.
Subject	Colfax (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Grant Parish (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	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.
	Grant Parish (La.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
ISBN	0195310268 (alk. paper)
	9780195310269 (alk. paper)
Standard No.	NZ1 11444785