The two major purposes of this study are to describe how a unique mixture of politics and racial attitudes coalesced to involve education and to identify and analyze the major forces associated with and propelling the public school movement between 1902 and 1913 in the South.

Resurgent Politics and Educational Progressivism in the New South: North Carolina, 1890-1913

Education & Teaching

Prather, H. Leon

Schools & Teaching

Associated Univ Pr

In 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina was the scene of what many describe as the only successful coup d' etat in the history of the United States, when angry whites overthrew the duly elected government and went on a rampage that tore through the African-American community of the state's largest city. The terror lasted several days, and saw Wilmington blacks gunned down in the streets, forced out of town, and disposessed of their property. In this reprint of a book first released in 1984, H. Leon Prather, Sr. presents the story of what happened in Wilmington. It is generally considered the most balanced account of the 1898 riots, and tells the story of what happened in a thoroughly researched book that has been hailed as a landmark resource on the subject. The State of North Carolina will issue its official report on what happened in Wilmington in 1898 in 2006, and Prather's book is a primary source for the official history that is soon to be released. Prather's book is a must-have for those interested in the history of African-Americans during Reconstruction, the history of the South, North Carolina, and the Lower Cape Fear region.

We Have Taken a City: Wilmington Racial Massacre and Coup of 1898

History

Americas

UNKNO

In the 33 years following the end of Civil War, African-Americans living in Wilmington, North Carolina had made extraordinary political and economic advances. They constituted a numeric majority, owned land and businesses and held significant elected and appointive positions. With the November elections of 1898, however, all this changed. In three days of racial violence a mob of whites, led by some of Wilmington's most respected and influential citizens, forcibly expelled from the city black and white leaders opposed to Conservative Democratic rule and white supremacy. It used the threat of paramilitary forces -- IN THE ONLY RECORDED COUP D'ETAT TO OCCUR ON AMERICAN SOIL -- to remove at gunpoint a duly elected city government. Coroner reports confirm nine blacks were killed; though some estimate hundreds died. Scores of others were driven from their homes. Now the historical account of this pivotal event in the history of American race relations is being reprinte! d to mark the centennial anniversary of the Wilmington coup.

We Have Taken a City Wilmington Massacre and Coup of 1898

NU World Enterprises

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