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Milliken's Bend

A Civil War Battle in History and Memory

The Civil War battle of Milliken's Bend, showing African-American soldiers holding their ground against a Confederate attack, as imagined by an artist from Harper's Weekly, published July 4, 1863.
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Outrages and Murders, Louisiana, 1868

Milliken's Bend Posted on April 2, 2017 by Milliken's BendApril 2, 2017

Freedom for the slaves was short-lived. Hundreds of whites in Louisiana would see to that. Just as assertively, former slaves continued to fight for justice and secure their hard-won rights, often losing their lives in the struggle. Racial violence was more »

Posted in African Americans, Politics, Primary sources, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged Caddo Parish, freedmen, Freedmen's Bureau, Louisiana, lynching, Madison Parish, race relations, Shreveport, violence, voting | Leave a reply

Madison Parish Voters League, 1960s

Milliken's Bend Posted on February 6, 2016 by Milliken's BendFebruary 6, 2016

One hundred years after the battle at Milliken’s Bend, black veterans again found themselves fighting for basic rights of citizenship. We often think of the Civil Rights Movement as a youth-led movement. But in the case of Madison Parish, a more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Black History Month, Politics, Related works | Tagged Civil Rights, Louisiana, Madison Parish, Tallulah, voting, Zelma Wyche | Leave a reply

Black freedom curtailed – Summer 1865

Milliken's Bend Posted on September 11, 2015 by Milliken's BendSeptember 11, 2015

It didn’t take long after the end of the Civil War for the white leaders of Monroe, Louisiana, to enact repressive measures against blacks in their midst. Just two months after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, blacks were faced with the more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Civilians, Politics, Primary sources, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged laws, Louisiana, Monroe, plantations, race relations | Leave a reply

Book Review: Defining Moments by Clark

Milliken's Bend Posted on May 15, 2015 by Milliken's BendMay 15, 2015

Defining Moments: African American Commemoration and Political Culture in the South, 1863-1913 explores the efforts and insistence of African Americans to place emancipation and the end of slavery at the center of Civil War commemorative activities over the course of more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Book Reviews, Civilians, Emancipation, Politics, Related works, Slavery | Tagged books, celebrations, commemoration, Emancipation Day, race relations | 2 Replies

Book review: Rough Justice

Milliken's Bend Posted on October 15, 2014 by Milliken's BendOctober 15, 2014

Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947 by Michael J. Pfeifer is an excellent work of both breadth and depth. Breadth, in that that he covers a wide span of time, more than 50 years – and a variety of geographic more »

Posted in African Americans, Book Reviews, Milliken's Bend, Politics, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged California, Iowa, Louisiana, lynching, New York state, violence, Washington state, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Leave a reply

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