Pulaski riot addition to the riot, whites killed blacks in other local incidents, and conducted campaigns of general harassment against freedmen and their sympathizers in the area. The riot was a demonstration of the KKK's growing power in Giles County, and the Middle Tennessee area. KKK members were said to commit more than 1,300 murders during the run up the Election of 1868. Most of the violence were directed towards blacks to intimidate them and break Republican support, though "carpetbagger" and "scalawag" whites were also targeted. Pulaski riot The Pulaski riot was a race riot that occurred in Pulaski, Tennessee, on January
Casimir Pulaski woman by whom both are smitten, Kathy O'Hara (Sue Randall), who is also studying to be a concert pianist. Karl Swenson appears in this episode as Kathy's wealthy Irish father, Dennis O'Hara. Casimir Pulaski Day is a local holiday officially observed in Chicago, Illinois on the first Monday of every March. Andrew Bird released a song entitled "Pulaski at Night," painting a picture of "Pulaski at Night" and enticing a lover to return to Chicago. The song lyrics reference a picture postcard, likely an image of Pulaski Road, a major street in Chicago named after Casimir Pulaski. In 2005 Sufjan