There are 3 article(s) tagged Memphis Massacre:

• January 2021

  • Election questions this year recall 1876 dispute

    University of Memphis historian Beverly Bond says there are important differences between the contested presidential election of 1876 that ended Reconstruction and the contested 2020 election. But there are some broader connections between the reactions then and now.

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2021

• April 2020

  • Nelson: Memphis Massacre or Riot? What a difference a word makes

    One reason riots and massacres can be hard to tell apart is that they usually begin and end in roughly the same way. It’s what happens in between that tells the tale.

    By Michael Nelson April 28, 2020

• August 2019

  • Nelson: Marking the three Civil War battles of Memphis

    The city was the site of two battles during the Civil War, but the worst one came afterward.

    By Michael Nelson August 20, 2019