The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
In 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina, was home to one of the most prosperous and politically influential Black communities in the United States. Then, on November 10, everything changed. An armed mob overthrew the city's legally elected government, murdered Black residents, and drove countless others from their homes in what remains the only successful coup d'état in American history. For generations, the event was dismissed as a "race riot." In reality, it was a carefully planned campaign to seize power and destroy a thriving multiracial democracy. The perpetrators openly organized the…
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