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A new documentary examining the history of Wilmington's 1898 coup that violently overthrew a multiracial local government ...

David Crabtree (left), CEO of PBS North Carolina, speaks before the premiere of " American Coup: Wilmington, 1898" ...

My own family felt hesitant to talk about it so I really had to like chase down stories.” Haile is the great-great-grandson ...

Hundreds of people packed into Thalian Hall to see “American Coup: Wilmington 1898.” PBS North Carolina produced the nearly 2-hour long documentary, which took more than 3 years to complete. The ...

The 1898 Wilmington massacre left dozens of Black North Carolinians dead. Conspirators also forced the city's multiracial ...

It will reach a much wider audience 9 p.m. Nov. 12, when the documentary "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" premieres on PBS stations nationwide as part of the long-running American Experience series.

Over the last decade, the 1898 coup and massacre have become more openly discussed and memorialized in the Wilmington area — ...

Descendants of the victims and perpetrators of the 1898 Wilmington coup share their views of the massacre’s historical legacy ...

Wilmington's history: the coup and massacre of 1898, when armed white supremacists organized by some of the town's leading ...