A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War

Authors

Fred Johnson

ISBN

978-0-8090-6797-8

Price

$27.00

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Abstract

Class, Race, and Riot in Reconstruction Memphis

In May 1866, as the United States struggled to heal from the trauma of its bloody Civil War (April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865), millions of Americans, for the first time, found themselves living in a land unburdened by slavery. For most whites ....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.16.3.19

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Fred (2014) "A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 16 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.3.19
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss3/17