Wilmington 1898: The Hidden History of An American Coup D’État

Zoom Zoom, Chapel Hill, NC, US

On November 10, 1898, the only coup d’état ever to take place on American soil began with the torching of a black owned newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina, and ended with white supremacists overthrowing the local government. The coup was the culmination of a white supremacy and propaganda campaign waged all across the state, designed […]

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