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Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice
Author: Goldstone, Lawrence

Publisher: Scholastic Focus (2018)

Dewey: 976.3
Classification: Nonfiction
Physical Description: 262 p., ill., 21 cm

BTSB No: 384819

ISBN: 9781338239454

Ages: 12-18

Grades: 7-12

Subjects:
United States. -- Supreme Court
United States. -- Supreme Court
African Americans -- Colfax (Louisiana)
Massacres -- Colfax (Louisiana)
Reconstruction (1865-1876)
Constitutional law -- United States

Price: $6.50

Summary:
On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help implement Jim Crow and two-tiered justice.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: UG
   Reading Level: 9.10
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 199228

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 12.90
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 75156

Reviews:
Booklist (+) (06/01/18)
The Hornbook (+) (00/09/18)

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