AUG. 2, 1869: FIRST “REDEEMER” GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN TENNESSEE
The first “Redeemer” government is established in Tennessee after conservatives gain control of the state’s General Assembly, ushering in an era of Jim Crow segregation laws.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/first-redeemer-government-established-in-tennessee/
