The day freedom died [sound recording] : the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction / Charles Lane.
Author: Lane, Charles, 1961-
Publisher: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2008.
ISBN: 9781423360711
1423360710
Description: 11 sound discs (ca. 13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Subject: Beckwith, James, 1832-1912.
United States. Supreme Court History 19th century.
African Americans Crimes against Louisiana Colfax History.
Massacres Louisiana Colfax History 19th century.
Violence Louisiana Colfax History 19th century.
Racism Louisiana Colfax History 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Louisiana.
Lawyers Louisiana Biography.
Trials (Murder) United States Case studies.
Audiobooks.
Colfax (La.) Race relations History 19th century.
Audiobooks.
Credits: Director, J.C. Howe ; engineer, Cory Young.
Performers: Read by Jim Bond.
Notes: Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Summary: Describes the 1873 Colfax, Louisiana, massacre of sixty former slaves by former Confederate soldiers, and the efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice that ended with a Supreme Court verdict that left Southern blacks at the mercy of violent racists for generations.