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The Vicksburg massacre, sometimes referred to as the Vicksburg riot, [1] was a freedmen massacre on December 7, 1874, that continued until around January 5, 1875, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. An estimated 150–300 Black citizens, and 2 White citizens were killed during the violence.
In 1873 during the Reconstruction-era, Crosby was the first African American to be elected as sheriff in Warren County, Mississippi. [2] Crosby was forcibly removed from his office in December 1874 by an angry mob of White militia, the event is often referred to as the Vicksburg massacre. [3] [4] [5]
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Robert Burt DeLaughter Sr. (born February 28, 1954, in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a former state prosecutor and then Hinds County Circuit Judge. He prosecuted and secured the conviction in 1994 of Byron De La Beckwith, charged with the murder of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Two earlier trials in Mississippi in 1964 had ...
1 dead, 12 injured in shooting at Mississippi nightclub. Katherine Itoh. Updated March 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM. WTVA.
2017 Las Vegas shooting: A gunman opened fire on a country music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 60 and wounding several hundred. The shooting is the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in American history. [90] [91] November 5, 2017 Sutherland Springs, Texas, United States: 27 [note 2] 22 49