In July 2024, a Louisiana Pelican Marker titled, “New Orleans Massacre of 1866” was installed in New Orleans on Roosevelt Way in the CBD.
I have done my own historical research related to this event. First of all, the official name is “The Riot of 1866,” not the “Massacre of 1866.” This alone should be enough to have the marker removed or revised. Evidently the NAACP has an agenda to rename historical events. The same thing has happened with the “1921 Tulsa Riot,” which they now call the “Tulsa Massacre.”
My research includes: “The Grand Jury Report of the Riot,” “The New Orleans Riot — It’s Official History,” and “New Orleans Daily Crescent” newspaper…