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Episodes tagged "Crime": 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. The Murder of Senator Benjamin Franklin Randolph
    date October 17, 1868map ORANGEBURG, South Carolinatags hate, Reconstruction, Crime, Politics

    Benjamin Franklin Randolph was born a freeman in Kentucky in 1820.  He graduated from Oberlin College and became an ordained minister.  After college, he joined the U.S. Colored Troops and served as a chaplain.  B.F. Randolph found himself in South Carolina after the war, where he became a prominent participant in local politics.  In 1868, Randolph was elected to the Senate for the Orangeburg County...

  2. Re-establishing White Power in Memphis Tennessee
    date May 1, 1866 to May 5, 1866map SHELBY, Tennesseetags African American, Race riot,, Crime, Black soldiers

    Black subordination was the motive that drove white Southerners to start the infamous Memphis Race Riot of 1866.  May 1, 1866, whites of Memphis, Tennessee, set out to destroy black power and to “…achieve this goal in Memphis only by destroying the most potent symbols of black power in the cities- the soldiers themselves.” After three long and excruciating days of violent hazing and rioting,...

  3. U.S. Museums Possess Nazi Art Plunder
    date October 17, 1997map King, Washingtontags Art/Leisure, War, Crime

      The model Henriette Darricarrere posed as an odalisque for artist Henri Matisse’s painting, “Oriental Woman Seated on Floor.” As the title suggested, she was seated elegantly on the floor wearing traditional Mediterranean apparel in the foreground while a chair covered in decorative floral-patterned textiles filled the space in the background. Acquired by prominent French Jewish art dealer,...

  4. Monuments Men Recover Nazi Stolen Art
    date June 23, 1943 to June 8, 1946map Dist Columbia, District of Columbiatags Crime, War, Art/Leisure

      One month before the end of WWII, the American soldiers discovered a salt mine full of gold and paintings that had been looted and abandoned by the Nazis. On April 12, 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, and General George Patton ventured down into the Merkers salt mine to inspect the treasures found that day. Snapped in a photograph owned by the National Archives, the three...