The wilmington massacre/Insurrection of 1898 was a carefully orchestrated coup which overthrew a biracial government
It was a white supremacists campaign to strip black citizens of the right to vote & remove them from public office. Over 100 black citizens were murdered.
—On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.
It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. By sundown, [Alex] Manly’s newspaper [The Daily Record] had been torched, as many as 60 people had been murdered, and the local government that was elected two days prior had been overthrown and replaced by white supremacists.
For all the violent moments in United States history, the mob’s gruesome attack was unique: It was the only coup d’état ever to take place on American soil.
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I’m trying to understand why people are judging others based on who they’re voting for, but no judgement based on how they’re living. Help me somebody.
Rebuttal is weak, filled with fear. Sad that the death of a young woman is being used as a political stunt. Prayers for families who continue to grieve the death of family members…and nobody says their names.