"[It] just stunned me that white supremacists could openly stage a coup, murder people, appoint themselves to positions of power and not face any consequences at all," says David Zucchino, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2020 book Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy. "Many of the [leaders] of the coup ... went on to long careers in politics and journalism."
In recent years, scholars and locals have sought to publicize the real story behind the Wilmington coup. Now, PBS's "American Experience" series is set to build on these efforts with a documentary titled "American Coup: Wilmington 1898." Featuring interviews with experts and descendants of conspirators and victims alike, the show will premiere on both local PBS stations and online on the evening of November 12.
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