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A new memorial was unveiled in the small north Louisiana town of Colfax.
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how descendants of a victim and a perpetrator of the 1837 Colfax massacre came together to unveil a new memorial that tells the true story of the white supremacist mass murder of Black men. Plus, we hear what’s on deck for the 37th annual Festival International de Louisiane.
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A new memorial was unveiled in the small north Louisiana town of Colfax.
<p>Local headlines this month show that a monument to the Black victims of racist terrorism 150 years after the Colfax massacre was unveiled while Republican state legislators were moving to forbid "classes examining 'inglorious aspects' of United States History.</p>