The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by DeSantis, John
The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by DeSantis, John

The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike

On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree...
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Author: John DeSantis
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The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by DeSantis, John

The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike

$72.45
The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by DeSantis, John

The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike

$72.45
Author: John DeSantis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree lasting more than two hours. The violence erupted due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. Fear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action to create an epic tragedy. A future member of the U.S. House of Representatives was among the leaders of a mob that routed black men from houses and forced them to a stretch of railroad track, ordering them to run for their lives before gunning them down. According to a witness, the guns firing in the black neighborhoods sounded like a battle. Author and award-winning reporter John DeSantis uses correspondence, interviews and federal records to detail this harrowing true story.

Author: John DeSantis
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 11/14/2016
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781540201072

About the Author
DeSantis, John: - John DeSantis is the senior staff writer at the Times of Houma, Louisiana. A product of New York City, his work has previously appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and other publications. A journalist whose criminal justice background was attained at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, he has covered social justice and race relations extensively in New York, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina and California. He is also a former city editor at the Thibodaux Daily Comet. His other books include For the Color of His Skin: The Murder of Yusuf Hawkins and the Trial of Bensonhurst and the New Untouchables: How America Sanctions Police Violence. A recipient of numerous awards from the Louisiana Press Association, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association and other news media organizations, DeSantis resides in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

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