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