Memphis Massacre

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath increased migration of African Americans from Memphis
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Memphis Riots of 1866
gptkbp:context gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:date May 1–3, 1866
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Memphis Massacre
gptkbp:injuries over 75 people
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_Reconstruction
gptkbp:location gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:numberOfChurchesBurned 12 churches
gptkbp:numberOfHousesBurned over 90 homes
gptkbp:numberOfSchoolsBurned 4 schools
gptkbp:perpetrator white mobs
police
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:New_Orleans_Massacre_of_1866
gptkbp:resultedIn Congressional investigation
increased federal attention to civil rights
influence on the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
gptkbp:significance influenced Reconstruction policies
exposed failures of local law enforcement
highlighted violence against freedmen
gptkbp:triggeredBy racial tensions after the Civil War
gptkbp:victim gptkb:African-American
2 white people
Union veterans
at least 46 African Americans
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke_Deuce
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5