In Vicksburg, Mississippi, white Democrats orchestrated a violent coup against the legally elected Reconstruction government. Tensions had been escalating since November when Black citizens helped elect a Republican sheriff. In response, white supremacist groups launched a campaign of terror, culminating on December 7, when an estimated 75 Black Republicans were killed. The massacre was part of a broader effort to suppress Black political power and end Reconstruction reforms in the South.
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