The violent overthrow of a duly elected government by a group of white supremacists. Introduction The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. It is considered a turning point in post-Reconstruction North Carolina politics.[…]
African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll never forget a student’s response when I asked during a middle school social studies class what they knew about Black history: “Martin Luther King freed the slaves.” Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929, more than six[…]
Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867 / Library of Congress By Dr. Allen Carl Guelzo / 02.04.2018 Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Director of Civil War Era Studies Gettysburg College There is no Society for Historians of Reconstruction. That should tell you something. There are also no Reconstruction re-enactments, and no museums[…]