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Events on Thursday 3 May 1866 1
1866Memphis Massacre of 1866Racial violence against Black residents of MemphisWhite mobs, including police, attacked Black neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, over three days, killing dozens of freedpeople and burning homes, schools, and churches. The massacre helped galvanize support in Congress for stronger Reconstruction protections.