Race riot in Memphis, Tennessee, May 2, ?

Race riot in Memphis, Tennessee, May 2, 1866. A white mob burnt down a Freedmen's school and attacked its northern missionary teachers. The riot prompted the passage of a federal Civil Rights Bill and the Fourteenth Amendment

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Amendment Arson Attacked Blacks Burnt Deaths Disorders Fourteenth Freedman Freedmen Freedmens Injustices Memphis Missionary Murders Prompted Riot Slaves Teachers Tennessee

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