SOURCE: Vox
June 20, 2019
tags: White Supremacy, Coup
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June 20, 2019
When white supremacists overthrew a government
Breaking Newstags: White Supremacy, Coup
In November 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled black and white political leaders, destroyed the city’s black-owned newspaper, and killed dozens — if not hundreds — of people. For decades, the story of this violence was buried, while the perpetrators were cast as heroes.
How did these events change the political and economic landscape? Watch the video above to find out what we learned by speaking to North Carolina historians and locals on the lasting impact of the 1898 coup in Wilmington.
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