Posts Tagged ‘Bossier Riot’
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Before we were Democrats…
0February 1, 2014 by elhseven
Newly freed slaves and slave descendants began heavily voting the Republican ticket from 1865 – 1868 electing Republican politicians who …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: African American History, Bossier Riot, C.C. Antoine, Caddo Parish, Gilles Vandal, hate crimes, land ownership, Oscar J. Dunn, Pickney B.S. Pinchback, Reconstruction in Louisiana, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Rural NW Louisiana, William G. Brown
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Bossier Race Riots of 1868
2January 3, 2014 by elhseven
The following excerpt was taken from Burton, Wilie. (1993). On the Black Side of Shreveport: A History (2nd edition.) The …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: 1868, black soldiers, blacks, Bossier parish, Bossier Riot, Calvin Haskell, homeland terrorism, Lousiana, negroes, Reconstruction, Willie Burton