The information and links below include search tips and a selection of articles covering this topic in the digitized Louisiana newspapers. The dates and suggested search terms can help to further explore this topic on Chronicling America. For the most search results, try the search terms in different combinations, in proximity, and as phrases.

Significant Dates

1873 – Race riot in Colfax, Louisiana, leaves at least 63 African Americans dead

Suggested Search Terms

Colfax riot, Colfax affair, Grant parish, William Pitt Kellogg, race riot

Sample Articles

• “The Colfax Riot.” The Louisiana Democrat. (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, April 16, 1873, Image 2.
• “Peace in Grant Parish.” The Ouachita telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, April 19, 1873, Image 2.
• “The Troubles in Grant Parish.” The morning star and Catholic messenger. (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, April 20, 1873, Morning, Image 1.
• “Speech of Gov. McEnery.” The Ouachita telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, April 26, 1873, Image 2.
• “Colfax Again.” The Louisiana Democrat. (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, April 30, 1873, Image 2.
• “Death of Sidney W. Harris.” The Louisiana Democrat. (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, May 07, 1873, Image 2.
• “Facts about Colfax.” The Ouachita telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, May 31, 1873, Image 1.
• “The Outrage in Grant Parish.” The Louisiana Democrat. (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, November 12, 1873, Image 3.
• “Too Careless.” The Louisiana Democrat. (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, May 13, 1874, Image 2.
• “Another Colfax Outrage.” The People's vindicator. (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, June 19, 1875, Image 2.
• “The Colfax Chronicle on the Muscle.” The People's vindicator. (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, October 28, 1876, Image 2.
• “Negroes Killing One Another.” Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, June 22, 1880, Tri-Weekly, Image 1.
• “Relics of the Colfax Riot.” The Ouachita telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, April 01, 1882, Image 2.