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The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. An estimated 62–153 black men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Easter Sunday massacre in Colfax, Louisiana and the awful Supreme Court decision that followed
(The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 41: Which massacre resulted in a Supreme Court decision limiting the federal government's ability to protect black Americans from racial targeting? In Colfax, La., on Easter Sunday 1873, a mob of white insurgents, including ex-Confederate and Union...
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This is a good video that touched upon it.