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Phoenix Election Riot of 11/8/1898

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Phoenix Election Riot of 11/8/1898

More Crucial White History they didn’t teach you in school. The Phoenix election riot occurred on November 8, 1898, near Greenwood County, South Carolina, when a group of local white Democrats attempted to stop a Republican election official from taking the affidavits of African Americans who had been denied the ability to vote. The race-based riot was part of numerous…

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