Robert Charles
Robert Charles (1865–1900) was an African American living in New Orleans whose armed resistance to arrest and shooting of police officers sparked a major race riot; see the Robert Charles Riots.
Charles was involved in the Liberian emigration movement .
References and further reading
- Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900. By William Ivy Hair. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Press,1976.
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Charles, Robert |
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1865 |
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1900 |
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