Remembering the Memphis Massacre - 9780820356501

Remembering the Memphis MassacreAn American Story\nAuthor(s): Beverly Greene Bond, Susan Eva O'Donovan, Greg Downs, Jim Downs, Carole Emberton, Timothy S. Huebner, Elizabeth L. Jemison, Andre E. Johnson, Kate Masur, K. Stephen Prince\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Georgia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Georgia Press\nISBN-13: 9780820356501, 978-0820356501\nSynopsis\nOn May 1, 1866, a minor exchange between white Memphis city police and a group of black Union soldiers quickly escalated into murder and mayhem. Changes wrought by the Civil War and African American emancipation sent long-standing racial, economic, cultural, class, and gender tensions rocketing to new heights. For three days, a mob of white men roamed through South Memphis, leaving a trail of blood, rubble, and terror in their wake. By May 3, at least forty-six African American men, women, and children and two white men lay dead. An unknown number of black people had been driven out of the city..