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David Zucchino

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By Bullet or Ballot: One of the Only Successful Coups in American History

David Zucchino on the white supremacist plot to take over Wilmington, North Carolina.

by David Zucchino via Literary Hub on January 9, 2020

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An American Pogrom

Uncovering the truth about the 1898 massacre of black voters in Wilmington, North Carolina.

by David W. Blight via New York Review of Books on October 30, 2020

Protest sign reading "We never left Jim Crow."

Voter Fraud Propagandists Are Recycling Jim Crow Rhetoric

The conservative plot to suppress the Black vote has relied on racist caricatures, then and now.

by Nick Tabor via The New Republic on February 4, 2022

Anto-CRT protestors at the Pennsylvania state Capitol.

Teaching (amid a) White Backlash

A brief scholarly overview to understand the contours of white backlashes, their historical impact, and the ways they shape the world we inherit.

by William Horne via Clio and the Contemporary on January 12, 2022

Artistic rendering of a sheet of newspaper with people crossed out, flowing above people working menial jobs whose heads are also crossed out, working next to signs that read "Sorry."

On Atonement

News outlets have apologized for past racism. That should only be the start.

by Alexandria Neason via Columbia Journalism Review on January 28, 2021

Donald Trump at a rally

Trump’s Rhetoric About the Election Channels a Dark Episode From Our Past

The only coup in American history came after scare-mongering that wouldn't sound out of place in 2020.

by David Gessner via Made By History on October 22, 2020

Illustration of a mob of white men burning down a building.

What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like

In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, the victory of racial prejudice over democratic principle and the rule of law was unnervingly complete.

by Caleb Crain via The New Yorker on April 20, 2020

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