Mechanics' Institute

ID: 5635 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection,
1974.25.3.272.

This file appears in: Mechanics' Institute Massacre

This file appears in: Mechanics' Institute Massacre

Mechanics' Institute Massacre

On July 30, 1866, black Republicans attempted to reconvene the Louisiana constitutional convention in an effort to secure voting rights. Held at the Mechanics' Institute, a large crowd of black…