Criticizing the state legislature for failing to pass a new state budget because lawmakers are too focused on culture war ...

The spate of individuals and organizations attempting to intervene in the DOJ lawsuit fear that this correction process has the potential to disenfranchise voters who fail or are unable to respond to ...

This pivotal chapter of North Carolina’s history tells the story of a violent, racially charged insurrection that overthrew Wilmington’s democratically-elected, multi-racial government.

The Wilmington 1898 massacre’s impact on the Black community. The Wilmington 1898 massacre devastated the NC city’s thriving Black community and also reshaped the trajectory of civil rights ...

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / stream now with the PBS app. Discover the story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white ...

Wilmington’s coalition government In the 1870s, the Democratic Party —then dominated by white supremacists and conservative Southerners— won control of North Carolina and began working to ...

After the violence, Wilmington's population went from majority Black to majority white nearly overnight, and 1898 remains the only known violent overthrow of a local government in American history ...

After the violence, Wilmington's population went from majority Black to majority white nearly overnight, and 1898 remains the only known violent overthrow of a local government in American history ...

After the violence, Wilmington's population went from majority Black to majority white nearly overnight, and 1898 remains the only known violent overthrow of a local government in American history ...

The committee, under the leadership of Furnifold M. Simmons, issues a call to “reestablish Anglo Saxon rule and honest government in North Carolina." White Government Union button, 1898.

The 2006 official state report settled upon ‘as many as sixty.’” American Coup: Wilmington 1898 is a 371 Productions film in association with PBS North Carolina for American Experience.