Have you Heard of the Opelousas Massacre of 1868 where Black Folks Died for the Right to Vote?
October 8, 2018
Postcard of the savage murders of Issac McGhie, Elmer Jackson and Nate Green in Duluth, Minnesota on June 15, 1920. OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — St. Landry Parish now has its first symbols of the Opelousas Massacre, a little-known racial clash in 1868 that claimed dozens of African-American lives. On the conflict’s 150th anniversary, archivist and genealogist Marie Marcel gave certificates to current member of families who survived the event. Red ribbons adorned the certificates, symbolic of the ribbons their ancestors used to survive. “After the Massacre, they wanted to save their lives,” said Marcel. “They decided to go away. “They
