Which of the following describes the New Orleans Riot of 1866? Radical Republicans attacked African American Democrats in the streets of New Orleans.

Armed white Democrats attacked blacks who were marching in support of eliminating Louisiana’s Black Codes.

A mob of African Americans rose up against an unpopular law in Louisiana’s Black Codes, destroying much of the market district in their own neighborhood.

Not really a riot at all: the name refers to an angry but civil debate in the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention, over the revision of Black Codes.