They stole a city Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy

"In this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, NC, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects of the 1898 white supremacist massacre and coup and its critical role in subverting American democracy"-- Provide...

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Main Author: Collins, Lauren (Journalist) (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2026.
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505 0 |a The Howes arise -- Those pestiferous Moores -- The Bellamys build -- The Halseys enter the record -- Breakaway -- Deliver us from evil -- Closer to freedom -- Alderman Howe -- A community of interest -- I.O.U. Waddell -- You won't put me off -- Retribution in history -- An unsafe condition -- White violets for evening toques -- White men and white metal -- White heat -- Choke the Cape Fear River -- Rule or die -- Mother's tattered shawl -- In terrorem -- Omelets -- Flaming mutilations -- A permanent memorial -- Cuffs -- A child's box of letters -- The herb that flourisheth -- Mrs. Halsey -- Visible work -- I want it all exactly -- Fleas in a jar -- Very pertinent facts -- The greatest school under the sun -- Why it was the worst -- A nest of coiled snakes -- Do not call our bluff -- Jr. Babylon -- The happiest damn police chief -- Isn't this beautiful? -- They blasted my shop -- Prisoners of conscience -- Our legacies of perseverance -- Dangerous memories -- Groundbreaking -- Return to Live Oaks -- Pardons of innocence -- A matter which has been settled -- Momosas -- Unraveling -- Alexander Manly Park -- Woooooooo! -- The gun -- Never forgotten -- The invoice -- You know the way. 
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