The Colfax Massacre

FAIN: TR-287592-22

Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, LA 70810-1009)
Joseph Dorman (Project Director: January 2022 to present)

Production of a feature-length film examining Reconstruction-era violence between southern whites and African Americans and its legal and social legacy.

The documentary tells the story of the Colfax Massacre, the single greatest incidence of anti-Black violence during Reconstruction, and its historical and legacy for Black civil rights in Louisiana, the South and in the nation as a whole.