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Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans By the 1890s, Wilmington was North Carolina’s largest city and a shining example of a mixed-race community. It was a bustling port city with a burgeoning African American middle class and a Fusionist gove

Publisher

Atlantic Monthly Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780802128386