Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Beam-Week-1 Title A name given to the resource This Week in Reconstruction, May 1-8, 1866 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brooke Beam Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1-8, 1866 Description An account of the resource Important decisions to be made are debated and slow to be agreed upon. The South opposes the Reconstruction plan of the Radicals, deciding it ridiculous to believe they could accept the conditions of the new amendment proposed. The plan would outlaw voting and representation in Congress for those loyal to the Confederacy; there was no way the North could inflexibly force these new laws on Southerners, especially Virginians. The white South realizes that it will need to compromise- the Radicals will not enable former Confederates to vote in the upcoming presidential election unless they accept the new constitution. Robert E. Lee reports that the South would be more accepting of defeat with a more moderate and balanced reconstruction plan, especially Johnson's. The President's lenient policy is based on securing political honesty and abandoning the former treatment of blacks in the South. According to Lee, he is not asking for a swarm of black voters, but simply a realistic strategy for reuniting the Union, opening the doors of Congress for the South. This plan by Johnson provokes criticism from Radicals. The Ladies of Richmond focus on honoring and providing funds for injured and fallen Confederate soldiers while newly emancipated blacks struggle to find employment, food, shelter and other means of survival. Out of desperation, they are often left with no choice but to partake in criminal activity. The Freedmen's Bureau, African-American churches, and other black organizations in Virginia fight to get off the ground, uniting blacks and earning respect in the community. Racial tension and violence still continues throughout the South; riots appear to be coming to a close in Memphis where every single black church has been burned. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Details of the Riot in Memphis between the Whites and Blacks. From the Memphis Argus, May 2. The riot in South Memphis yesterday began by two policemen going to arrest a man who sold liquor in South Memphis. The negro soldiers who were yesterday mastered out of service, and had been patronizing the drinking saloon, charged the two police, killing one. The other collected almost fifteen of his comrades, who went down to rescue their companion, but were again repulsed by the negro force. The police then sent back to the station-house to get the police force of the city. Captain Garrett took all the force and proceeded South street. Then the melee began in earnest. Some five or six policemen and citizens were shot-two or three said to be killed and several wounded. About one hundred or one hundred fifty negro soldiers and white men from this part of the city-mostly of the lowest class were scattered in every direction, behind horses, fences and ravines, and opened an irregular but destructive fire upon the police and citizens indiscriminately. The police and those of the citizens who were armed returned the fire, but were for a time forced to retire before the hot fire of the negroes. URL http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=DD18660507.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866-05-07 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BeamBrooke-18660507-Details of the Riot in Memphis.pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richmond Daily Dispatch Title A name given to the resource Details of the Riot in Memphis between Whites and Blacks.