What happened in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898 was not just a “race riot.” It was a massacre

What happened in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898 was not just a “race riot.” It was a massacre. It was a political attack. And many historians now call it the only successful coup d’état in United States history. In this video, we uncover the shocking truth about the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, when white supremacists attacked Black residents, burned down a Black-owned newspaper, overthrew a legally elected multiracial government, and destroyed one of the strongest examples of Black political power in America after slavery. Before the massacre, Wilmington was a city where Black people were not powerless. Black citizens owned businesses, held public office, worked skilled jobs, ran newspapers, built communities, voted, organized, and helped shape local politics. This was the nightmare of white supremacists: Black people were not just surviving — they were leading. So what happened when Black political power became too strong? #blackhistory #blacklivesmatter #slavery