A City Erased in an Afternoon Built in only 110 days during World War II, Vanport, Oregon, was once the second-largest city in the state, housing over 40,000 people and becoming a significant center for African American life. The city’s end came suddenly on Memorial Day, May 30, 1948. That afternoon, a railroad berm gave […]
The Eufaula massacre was a violent attack on the African American community in Eufaula, Alabama, in April 1874. The cause of the violence was the attempted registration of African American voters, which was met with opposition from white supremacists. On the night of April 5, 1874, a group of white men armed with guns and
The Ocoee massacre was a racially motivated attack that took place on November 2-3, 1920, in Ocoee, Florida. The violence was triggered by the attempts of an African American man named Moses Norman to vote in the presidential election that year. When Norman and other African Americans attempted to vote, they were met with violent
The Rosewood Massacre was a racially motivated attack on the African American community in the town of Rosewood, Florida, that took place from January 1-7, 1923. The attack was triggered by a false accusation that a white woman in nearby Sumner, Florida, had been sexually assaulted by a black man. A mob of white residents
The St. Bernard Parish massacre occurred on April 13, 1868, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, during the Reconstruction era. A group of white supremacists attacked a political gathering of African Americans, killing around 35 people and injuring many more. The gathering was held by black and white Republicans to organize support for a local candidate.
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The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 was a violent conflict that took place in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 30, 1866. The conflict was part of a larger wave of racial violence that swept across the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. At the time, Louisiana was in the midst of a political
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