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Dig: A History Podcast

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The Colfax Massacre in Louisiana

In US v. Crookshank of 1876, the court determined that state action is required for the United States government to intervene when a mob lynches a black man. The case stemmed from the infamous Colfax massacre in Louisiana. This is one of the worst cases of racial violence in American history.

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