Black History Month 2025

1886 1887 1888

21 Chester A. Arthur | 22 Grover Cleveland | 23 Benjamin Harrison

Reconstruction Redemption Jim Crow

November 23, 1887
The Thibodaux Massacre



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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