The Battle of Liberty Place broke out in 1873 after two contenders for the Louisiana governorship both claimed victory and alleged the other was corrupt. Some 150 Black men were massacred. Contemporary America, UVU professor Greg Jackson writes, seems to have forgotten it ever happened.
You think U.S. politics have never been worse? It has, says this Utah professor and podcaster.Rabic partisanship and fake news are not new ideas in America, a Utah Valley University professor argues. He explains why in his new book.www.sltrib.com