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In this 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, author Zucchino peels away years of lies & half-truths to tell the story of the white supremacists who terrorized & disenfranchised local Blacks, launched a race war, killed 60 African Americans, & overthrew the municipal government of Wilmington, NC, setting the stage for the rise of Jim Crow.

Frustrating, infuriating and, sadly, still relevant.

Full review: https://bit.ly/rvw-Wil-Lie

Shameful, appalling, disturbing. Zucchino uncovers a largely forgotten episode of American history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

Another insight into American history. Post-Civil War did not end the suppression of freed blacks especially when it came to the right to vote. In 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina oversaw the era of the enforcement of Jim Crow laws with radical white supremacy groups forming and creating race riots that would push segregation for decades.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. A well-researched history that re-tells the story of a coup in Wilmington, NC in 1898 that was spun as a black riot but was, in fact, the only violent overthrow of elected officials in US history when white supremacists pushed elected African American officials from office. #netgalley

OMG, this book, y‘all. #netgalley