The Vicksburg race riot of 1874 occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the aftermath of the Reconstruction era. Tensions between the white and Black populations in Vicksburg had been high, fueled by economic competition and political power struggles. On November 4, 1874, a dispute at a polling station between a white man and a Black man escalated into a full-blown riot, with white mobs attacking and killing Black people throughout the city. The violence lasted for several days, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 300 Black people, as well as the burning of many Black-owned homes and businesses. The Vicksburg race riot was one of the deadliest and most destructive race riots of the Reconstruction era, and it had a lasting impact on the city and its Black residents.
