Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
- ISBN-10
- 0802148654
- ISBN-13
- 9780802148650
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-01-19
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- David Zucchino
Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans
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- 2020
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- Atlantic Monthly Press
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