Originally posted on Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto:
May 1, 1866: A group of Irish police accosted black Union soldiers on a street corner in Memphis, Tennessee. The soldiers resisted being bullied. When a policeman shoved and struck one soldier, he exchanged heated words with the deputy. The soldiers outnumbered the police, who…
Month: July 2019
Short Film: A MASSACRE IN MEMPHIS, 18min., USA, Documentary
Originally posted on Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto:
May 1, 1866: A group of Irish police accosted black Union soldiers on a street corner in Memphis, Tennessee. The soldiers resisted being bullied. When a policeman shoved and struck one soldier, he exchanged heated words with the deputy. The soldiers outnumbered the police, who…
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