On this date in 1875, a violent and tragic event occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where White Democrats targeted and killed several Black residents in what has been described as a terrorist attack. This event was part of a larger wave of racial violence and terror during the Reconstruction era, a period following the Civil War when African Americans were fighting for equal rights and political participation.

The attack was a response to the growing political influence of African Americans, especially in the South, where they had gained significant power through voting and holding office. White supremacist groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, had been involved in numerous acts of violence during this time to intimidate and suppress Black political power.

The Vicksburg incident was one of many violent acts during the Redemption era (1870s), when white Democrats sought to regain control of Southern states from Reconstruction Republicans, often through terror, intimidation, and violence. It marked a brutal chapter in the ongoing struggle for racial equality in the United States.