Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice
by Lawrence Goldstone
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 44,570
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1260L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199228, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Crimes against
- Constitutional law--United States--Juvenile literature
- Constitutional law
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana--Juvenile literature
- Constitutional law--United States
- African Americans--Crimes against--Louisiana--Colfax--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Colfax
- Reconstruction (1865-1876)
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- 19th century
- United States. Supreme Court--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Massacres--Louisiana--Colfax--Juvenile literature
- Massacres
- African Americans--Colfax (Louisiana)
- United States. Supreme Court
- African Americans
- History
- Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime
- Louisiana
- United States
- Massacres--Colfax (Louisiana)
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction
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