Smithsonian Magazine2d
When White Supremacists Staged the Only Successful Coup in U.S. History
The 1898 Wilmington massacre left dozens of Black North Carolinians dead. Conspirators also forced the city's multiracial ...
Port City Daily2d
‘Violently erased’: PBS documentary examines legacy of Wilmington’s 1898 coup
Descendants of the victims and perpetrators of the 1898 Wilmington coup share their views of the massacre’s historical legacy ...
WECT8d
New PBS documentary to cover the 1898 Wilmington coup
There are several statewide races on the ballot of the November election including the attorney general. North Carolina will get a new governor this election with Governor Roy Cooper’s term-limit ...
BBC1y
Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government
The mob burned down the offices of the Wilmington Daily Record A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a town to overthrow the elected government. Following state ...
New PBS documentary to cover the 1898 Wilmington coup
A new PBS documentary will dive into the history of the deadly 1898 Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état.“American Coup: ...