The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax
1873 murder of black men by white militia in Colfax, Louisiana
🗓️ 13 April 1873
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. An estimated 62–153 black men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
