March 4, 1877: Hayes Takes Office in 1877 Compromise
Rutherford Hayes became the 19th President of the United States with a devastating impact on Reconstruction.
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Period: 1877
Industrial Revolution: 1877 – 1899
March 9, 1892: The People’s Grocery Lynchings
A white mob seized three African American business men in Memphis, Tennessee and lynched them without trial.
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March 12, 1890: Platform of Las Gorras Blancas Published
The populist Las Gorras Blancas published a human rights declaration.
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June 2, 1892: Robert Lewis Killed By White Mob in New York
Robert Lewis was brutally beaten and hanged from a tree by a crowd of nearly 2,000 people after being accused of assaulting Lena McMahon, a local white woman. No one was held accountable for his murder.
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