Election of 1898 (midterm) — Bunk History

By Bullet or Ballot: One of the Only Successful Coups in American History

David Zucchino on the white supremacist plot to take over Wilmington, North Carolina.

by David Zucchino via Literary Hub on January 9, 2020

An American Pogrom

Uncovering the truth about the 1898 massacre of black voters in Wilmington, North Carolina.

by David W. Blight via New York Review of Books on October 30, 2020

Donald Trump at a rally

Trump’s Rhetoric About the Election Channels a Dark Episode From Our Past

The only coup in American history came after scare-mongering that wouldn't sound out of place in 2020.

by David Gessner via Made By History on October 22, 2020

'Segregation Had to Be Invented'

During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.

by Alana Semuels via The Atlantic on February 17, 2017

Protest sign reading "We never left Jim Crow."

Voter Fraud Propagandists Are Recycling Jim Crow Rhetoric

The conservative plot to suppress the Black vote has relied on racist caricatures, then and now.

by Nick Tabor via The New Republic on February 4, 2022

Wilmington coup marker

We’ve Had a White Supremacist Coup Before. History Buried It.

The 1898 Wilmington insurrection showed “how people could get murdered in the streets and no one held accountable for it.”

by Edwin Rios via Mother Jones on January 22, 2021

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