Democracy Betrayed The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy |
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Editor:
| Cecelski, David S. Tyson, Timothy B. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2451-1 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $139.00 |
Book Description:
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Twelve essays on the Wilmington "race riot" of 1898--the most notorious episode of a white supremacy campaign in which white conservatives used violence, demagoguery, and fraud to seize political power and disenfranchise black citizens.
Twelve essays on the Wilmington "race riot" of 1898--the most notorious episode of a white supremacy campaign in which white conservatives used violence, demagoguery, and fraud to seize political power and disenfranchise black citizens.