On April 13, 1873, freedom died for the recently freed African Americans of the south. On this date 148 years ago Black Reconstruction experienced it deadly, murderous end in the town of Colfax situated in Grant Parish, Louisiana. Today I am reading from the ANGOLITE, a journal put together by prisoners at the Angolan State Prison, the November-December 1989 edition. this excerpt of the article describes in detail the events that occurred on Easter Sunday, 1873. It written by Ron Wikberg, EJ Carter, and Floyd Webb.

157 years ago General Nathan Bedford Forrest (The Father of the KKK) and his band of white southern stormtroopers lead an assault on Fort Pillow, Tennessee that was nothing less than a vile attack on humanity. It was simply an atrocity inflicted on African American Union soldiers. There should have at least been charges brought up for war crimes against the maniacal Forrest. Yet, he was allowed to live out his life in comfort after the Civil War and continue the hateful racist vindictiveness that lead to the founding of the KKK. Today, on I remember this forgotten event that occurred during the Civil War. It certainly isn't an event that appeared in history textbooks but it damn sure should have been taught.