Spoiler: it didn't stop with the civil war or the 1960s.
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RT @michaelharriot
Remember that time America unleashed terror and violence when Black people tried to participate in democracy?

Which time?

All the times.

https://www.theroot.com/an-incomplete-history-of-white-election-violence-1845533143
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1323294313858633728