• 1887
• November
• business
• labor
• massacre
• Thibodaux
• Louisiana
• Barack Obama

Thibodaux, Louisiana - Whites murdered 60 Black American farm workers. They tried to unionize for better pay from whites. In response, whites shot to death the leaders, allies, and other Black Americans just for being there.

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Thibodaux Massacre

Violence Against Black Workers

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