The White League was trying to boot Republicans out of Lousiana, and killed white and black Republicans. They were known as the ‘militant arm of the Democratic party’.
Via FOX News:
A French Quarter commission has voted to remove a 124-year-old obelisk monument dedicated to the White League’s brief, and bloody, overthrow of a biracial Reconstruction government after the Civil War.
On Wednesday, the Vieux Carre Commission voted 5-1 to remove the 35-foot-high obelisk monument which stands on the edge of the old historic district. The commission governs aesthetics and bylaws in the historic district.
The City Council must approve the removal. Mayor Mitch Landrieu has called for the removal of the monument and three other prominent statues of Confederate leaders.