American Coup: Wilmington 1898 examines how a white mob overthrew the democratically elected interracial government of a North Carolina town. Credit: Courtesy Image / American Experience Just in time ...
Tuesday, October 21, Carolina Public Humanities is hosting a free screening of "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" at the ...
Following the coup, many white newspapers throughout the country reported the incident as a “race riot” and suggested that Black citizens were the aggressors. No one was ever prosecuted for the ...