Saturday, February 9, 2013
The Phoenix Riot
In the tiny South Carolina community of Phoenix in 1898, a white Republican candidate for Congress urged black men to fill out an affidavit if they were not permitted to vote.This produced a confrontation with Democrats.Words were exchanged,shots were fired,and the Republican candidate was wounded.White men then went on a rampage through rural Greenwood County.Black men were killed-how many is unknown.Others had to humiliate themselves by bowing down and saluting white men.
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