[DOC] [TLE] Memphis riots of 1866 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Memphis riots of 1866 were the violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 
1866 in Memphis, Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political, social 
and racial tensions following the American Civil War, in the early stages of 
Reconstruction. After a shooting altercation between white policemen and black 
soldiers ... Many blacks fled the city permanently; by 1870, their population had 
fallen... [DOC] [TLE] Reconstruction - Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area [PAR] During Reconstruction, Tennessee was at the forefront of political and social ... 
Black Tennesseans also commemorated their new status by holding annual, ... In 
May 1866, race riots erupted in Memphis over a three-day period and ... for the 
restoration of the Union, Johnson was soon waging his own war with Congress. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about CIVIL WAR - StudyStack [PAR] THIS LARGEST TENNESSEE CITY NEEDED ITS OWN RECONSTRUCTION 
AFTER 1866 RACE RIOTS THERE, MEMPHIS. THE 1876 EXPOSITION... [DOC] [TLE] Massacre: 1866 and the Battles Over How Memphis History is Told ... [PAR] May 3, 2016 ... You need to know there were people who had already threatened to ... died in 
the sinking of the Titanic  Jerry Potter raised money, including his own, ... in 
quotation marks and the title Memphis Race Riot of 1866 above it. ... in the 
momentous battle over the nation's reconstruction following the Civil War. [DOC] [TLE] The Memphis Riot - Toward Racial Equality - HarpWeek [PAR] During the riot - shooting down negroes on the morning of May 2, 1866. THE 
MEMPHIS RIOTS. There was in Memphis, on the first two days of May, an 
excitement ... The origin of the disturbance between the whites and negroes of 
that city was ... inoffensive laborer, was shot down almost in front of his own cabin
, and after... [DOC] [TLE] Prelude to a Reconstruction Riot: Irish and Blacks in Memphis in 1866 [PAR] Apr 7, 2016 ... After the war it became a place of racial turmoil. ... Virginia had the second largest 
Irish population at 16,501. ... 12,498 Irish called Tennessee home, most of them 
living in cities and towns along the .... Blacks were forbidden to set up their own 
churches unless the local white authorities licensed them. [DOC] [TLE] The Memphis Race Riots of 1866 | American Civil War Forums - Civil ... [PAR] [IMG] From Wiki: The Memphis Riots of 1866 refers to the violent ... The racial 
violence was ignited by tensions during Reconstruction following the American 
Civil War. ... And Tennessee and Major T. W. Gilbreth, A. D. C. To Maj. ... The 
rioters ceased their violence either of their own accord or from want of... [DOC] [TLE] The Worst Behaved City in the Union The Impact ... - Rhodes College [PAR] The Impact of the Memphis Riots on Reconstruction Politics ... Timeline of Major 
Events ... After the city fell to Union forces on June 6, 1862, three regiments of the 
.... of the Memphis Race Riot of 1866, The West Tennessee Historical Society ... 
blamed African-Americans for the massacre of dozens of their own race: It was... [DOC] [TLE] Black History - From Reconstruction to the Present (US) - Geni [PAR] Before the Civil War ended and immediately after the War, the whites of the ... As 
the fight against Reconstruction became bolder, the orders threw off their ... 1866, 
July 30 - The New Orleans Riot occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana. Whites ... 1 - 
Riot in Yazoo City, Miss.; 20 Blacks killed. .... 315; Chicago Race Riot of 1919 ). [DOC] [TLE] 15. Reconstruction | The American Yawp [PAR] There were riots in southern cities several ... in 1866, but other large-scale urban 
conflicts ... Southern cities grew rapidly after the war as ... The Ku Klux Klan was 
organized in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee and ... restricted their economic, social, 
and political rights. [DOC] [TLE] The Memphis Massacre of 1866 | Student of the American Civil War [PAR] May 2, 2016 ... For years, historians referred to this as the Memphis Race Riots. ... in the Politics 
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Question: This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there
Answer: Memphis