Wilmington Massacre and Coup: Armed White Supremacists Overthrow Elected Government, Murder Black Citizens
Armed white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina launched the only successful coup d’etat in American history, overthrowing the legally elected biracial government, murdering an estimated 60-300 Black citizens, and establishing one-party white Democratic rule that would persist for …
Alfred Moore Waddell
Furnifold Simmons
Red Shirts
Wilmington Black Community
Democratic Party
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