{"id":215664,"date":"2021-11-22T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/?page_id=215664"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T14:36:03","slug":"reparations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegallantpelham.net\/reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
When people talk about \u201creparations\u201d for African Americans they usually mean reparations for slavery\u2014250 years of chattel bondage\u2014but African Americans deserve compensation for a long list of crimes committed against them well after emancipation.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t White supremacists, often including the Ku Klux Klan, carried out many acts of violence during the Reconstruction era in an effort to stop African Americans from advancing.\n<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t African American families gather the dead and wounded of Louisiana's state militia in Colfax, Louisiana on April 14, 1873<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Whites, including police, killed 46 African Americans while burning houses, schools and churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t White residents attacked black marchers protesting the state legislature enacting black codes and limiting suffrage, resulting in 48 deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t Whites killed or wounded six African American men.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t More than a dozen blacks were massacred while marching to protest their expulsion from elected office.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t Armed white mobs roamed the countryside in response to the promotion of voter registration and education for African Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t Days before the presidential election, which would decide the fate of Reconstruction in the South, armed groups of white men mobilized to suppress the recently emancipated voters, dragging at least several dozen blacks from their homes and murdering them in cold blood. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t A mob of vigilante whites led by the Ku Klux Klan resulted in the murders of nearly thirty blacks and a white Republican judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t When whites contested the result of the 1872 election, 60 to 80 African Americans were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tThe Reconstruction Era<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Illustration of a group of hooded Ku Klux Klan members preparing to lynch president Abraham Lincoln, circa 1867<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Click on each city for the horrific details<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Memphis, TN<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
May 1866<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
New Orleans, LA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
July 1866<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Pulaski, TN<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
January 7, 1868<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Albany, GA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
September 1868<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Opelousas, LA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
September 1868<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
St. Bernard Parish, LA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
October 1868<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Meridan, MS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
March 1871<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Colfax, LA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
April 1873<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Barbour County, AL<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t