What happened in Louisiana between 1872 and 1877 should stand as a warning about the way that violence can disrupt the American electoral process.
On May 7, 1873, Louisiana Gov. William Pitt Kellogg made his way to his carriage following a meeting in New Orleans, when a man named Charles R. Railey confronted him.
Two years later, Louisiana Democrats were determined to take back the state by preventing Black men from voting through intimidation and voter suppression. Republicans provided affidavits from Blacks who were not able to vote. What ensued wasn’t just political strife, but deadly violence.
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