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The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, [6] was a municipal-level coup d'état and a massacre that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. [7]
Wilmington 1898 coup and massacre: 'Healing forward' with more work to be done. A white crowd gathers at the offices of Black Wilmington newspaper The Daily Record, which the mob burned on Nov. 10 ...
Waddell was a leader of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, in which a violent, coordinated mob of about 2,000 white men massacred up to 300 African-Americans, destroyed the property and businesses of African-Americans, and overthrew the elected Fusion government of the city of Wilmington, North Carolina; and Waddell became mayor of Wilmington ...
Locals reflect on how much has changed since the 100th anniversary in 1998, and on what needs to happen for Wilmington to fully reckon with its past. Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre at 125 ...
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy is a book by the American journalist and author David Zucchino. The book details the events leading up to the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, in which white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina carried out a massacre and coup d'état.
The final public screening of documentary film "McKinley's Guns" is 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Thalian Hall.
In 1898, Morrison participated in the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, a violent coup d'état by a group of white supremacists. They expelled opposition black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since the Civil War, including the only black newspaper in the city, and killed ...
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 conspirators (10 P) Pages in category "Wilmington insurrection of 1898" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.