Thursday, January 21, 2021

White supremacists overthrow gov't, 1898


When white supremacists overthrew a government
(Vox, June 20, 2019) This is the hidden history of an American coup. In November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled black and white political leaders, destroyed the property of the city’s Black residents, and killed dozens -- if not hundreds -- of people. How did such a turn of events change the course of the city? For decades, the story of this violence was buried, while the perpetrators were cast as heroes. Yet, its impact resonates across the state to this day.
  • Correction at Minute 7:23: Cynthia's ancestors lived in Wilmington, not her descendants.
Join the Vox Video Lab for a behind-the-scenes look into Ranjani's reporting process and to support future episodes of Missing Chapter. In the new Vox series Missing Chapter, Vox Senior Producer Ranjani Chakraborty revisits underreported and often overlooked moments from the past to give context to the present. Join her as she covers the histories that are often left out of our textbooks. Our first season tackles stories of racial injustice, political conflicts, even the hidden history of U.S. medical experimentation. Have an idea for a story that Ranjani should investigate for Missing Chapter? Send it to her via this form (bit.ly/2RhjxMy). Sign up for the Missing Chapter newsletter to stay up to date with the series: vox.com/missing-chapter.
Vox.com is a news website that helps cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)