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On this day, April 13, 1873, the Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to an 1872 Republican victory.
Reposted by Kevin M. Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof
@evanbernick.bsky.social
If you don’t know about this, you need to read up. It’s the single bloodiest massacre in the history of Reconstruction, and it was perpetrated to overthrow the results of an election. It was emblematic of the sabotage of Reconstruction. And SCOTUS nullified the prosecution of those responsible.
historianpub
@historianpub.bsky.social
· 55m
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/colfax-massacre/
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
The Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to a Republican victory in the 1872 elections.
www.zinnedproject.org
8:49 AM · Apr 13, 2026
@evanbernick.bsky.social
If you don’t know about this, you need to read up. It’s the single bloodiest massacre in the history of Reconstruction, and it was perpetrated to overthrow the results of an election. It was emblematic of the sabotage of Reconstruction. And SCOTUS nullified the prosecution of those responsible.
historianpub
@historianpub.bsky.social
· 55m
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/colfax-massacre/
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
The Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to a Republican victory in the 1872 elections.
www.zinnedproject.org
8:49 AM · Apr 13, 2026
If you don’t know about this, you need to read up. It’s the single bloodiest massacre in the history of Reconstruction, and it was perpetrated to overthrow the results of an election. It was emblematic of the sabotage of Reconstruction. And SCOTUS nullified the prosecution of those responsible.
— Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof (@evanbernick.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T12:49:29.039Z
historianpub
@historianpub.bsky.social
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/colfax-massacre/
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
The Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to a Republican victory in the 1872 elections.
www.zinnedproject.org
8:36 AM · Apr 13, 2026
@historianpub.bsky.social
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/colfax-massacre/
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
The Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to a Republican victory in the 1872 elections.
www.zinnedproject.org
8:36 AM · Apr 13, 2026
April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre
— historianpub (@historianpub.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T12:36:56.183Z
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...