What Was the Colfax Massacre?
April 2, 2016
42,255
1,375
260
3.87%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Step Back Episodes Around April 2, 2016
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
6:42Now PlayingWhat Was the Colfax Massacre?
Segments
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelWatch this video and lots of bonus content ad free at
I am going to try to avoid names, but right now in Europe and the US there is a lot of political violence that has become very racial. One of the presidential candidates in the 21st century is campaigning on as close to an openly racist ticket I think someone can. So to say my piece, I am going to talk about one dark corner of US history, where we can learn that then as now, politics is more than just rhetoric. Under the pageantry, it is deadly serious. This is the story of the Colfax massacre. I warn that this is going to be quite a bit darker than my normal videos.
Step Back is made possible by the generous contributions of viewers like you, consider helping at
American history gets ever weirder and more interesting. Watch some more discussions of American history and culture here
Read More:
Lane, Charles (2008). The Day Freedom DiedThe Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
Keith, Leeanna, The Colfax MassacreThe Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, & The Death of Reconstruction
Foner, Eric (1988). ReconstructionAmerica's Unfinished Revolution, 18631877
Step Back is a history channel releasing videos biweekly that endeavors to go past the names, dates, and battles you might find elsewhere. It invites you to take a step back, consider the past and how it connects to today. We search for the quirky, unconventional, and just plain weird parts of our collective story.
SUBSCRIBE and join us!
Photo Credits:
Gavin Lynn
Billy Hathorn
IowaPolitics.com
KAZ Vorpal
KAMiKAZOW
Rufino
Gage Skidmore
Robert Couse-Baker
Viktorvoigt
Mozaika2
Robert Thivierge
Jengod
350z33
DonkeyHotey
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Is America REALLY a Democracy?"
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.