Pulaski riot freedmen gathered at the door of the store, some eighteen whites rushed and shot at them at close range. They murdered one man, mortally wounded another, and injured four. No white was injured or prosecuted. The incident was investigated by the Freedmen's Bureau office of Nashville, Tennessee. In December 1865, white Confederate veterans had founded the Ku Klux Klan, a secret vigilante organization, in Pulaski. Chapters had been started in numerous other towns in Tennessee and other states. Members generally operated in groups and often threatened intended victims at night, trying to suppress black political actions and sometimes economic enterprises.
Pulaski Skyway radio, film, television, and at least one video game. In the 1938 radio drama "The War of the Worlds", one of the Martian machines straddles the skyway (a scene replicated in the 2005 film wherein the first machine appears in the shadow of the bridge). It was featured in the 1979 film "Hair". Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 film "Shadow of a Doubt" and the 1999–2007 television drama "The Sopranos" include shots of the bridge in the opening montages. Clutch included the track "Pulaski Skyway" on its 2005 release "Robot Hive/Exodus." Footnotes Works cited Pulaski Skyway The Pulaski Skyway is a four-lane