Black militant. Republic of New Africa. New Orleans, Louisiana. Mark Essex, a black male with links to the Republic of New Africa, shoots 6 and wounds 21 during an attack in a motel. The dead include two hotel guests. Robert and Elizabeth Steagall, the hotel manager. Frank Schneider, and three police officers, Louis Sirgo, Phil Coleman, and Paul Persigo. All the victims were white, Mark Essex is killed by police at the end of a day-long shoot-out.