Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era in the United States, especially in the Southern United States, was a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices that were deliberately used to prev
"The two platforms". From a series of racist posters attacking Radical Republican supporters of Black suffrage, issued during the 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. The poster specifically characterizes Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer's platform as "for the White Man", represented here by the idealized head of a young White man (Clymer ran on a platform of white supremacy). In contrast, a stereotyped Black man's head represents the platform of Clymer's
Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906
Colfax massacre
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The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. Between 62 and 153 black men were murde
Gathering the dead after the Colfax massacre, published in Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1873
Former historical marker in Colfax. Erected in 1950, the marker was removed in May 2021 due to allegedly biased language (it uses the term "riot" and refers to the incident as "the end of carpetbag misrule in the South").
"Liberty Monument", pottery created in 1873 by White artists Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick in Anna, Illinois. It depicts Lady Liberty at the top, the Colfax massacre as its main scene, and Schuyler Colfax, criticizing his involvement in the Crédit Mobilier scandal.