Nov. 10: Bloodshed, racism, and a brief history of the only successful coup d'état on U.S. soil
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The only successful coup d’etat to unfold on American soil marks its 123rd anniversary Wednesday, and with this somber memory of the Wilmington Massacre—where an estimated 300 Black Americans were murdered by white supremacists—a poignant reminderNov. 10: Bloodshed, racism, and a brief history of the only successful coup d'état on U.S. soil
The only successful coup d’etat to unfold on American soil marks its 123rd anniversary Wednesday, and with this somber memory of the Wilmington Massacre—where an estimated 300 Black Americans were murdered by white supremacists—a poignant reminder is offered: White nationalism remains a deadly scourge that directly undermines democracy, decency, and liberty in the U.S. In North Carolina in 1898, the political strategy for Democrats of the era was to “redeem North Carolina from Negro domination,” a racist belief widely upheld by party officials and spread by the men they chose to deliver their propaganda. One of those men was Alfred Moore Waddell, a Confederate colonel and avowed white supremacist who once served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina. Read more
