Daily Archives for 13 April 2014


April 13: Colfax Massacre

On 13 April 1873 – Easter Sunday— in Colfax Louisiana, a slaughter ensued between The White League, a group whose intent was on securing white rule in Louisiana and the black militia who opposed the Whites views. The event was more formally called the Colfax Massacre. Disagreements in the city’s election resulted in hundreds of […]