Wilmington's Lie
Subtitle: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Format: eBook
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780802146489
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Wilmington (n.c.); North carolina, history; White supremacy movements; Riots, united states; North carolina, politics and government; African americans, civil rights; African americans, north carolina; African americans, history
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Also by David Zucchino; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: DRAMATIS PERSONAE; title: PROLOGUE; title: BOOK ONE: DAYS OF HOPE; title: ONE: Cake and Wine; title: TWO: Good Will of the White People; title: THREE: Lying Out; title: FOUR: Marching to the Happy Land; title: FIVE: Ye Men of Unmixed Blood; title: SIX: The Avenger Cometh; title: SEVEN: Destiny of the Negro; title: EIGHT: A Yaller Dog; title: BOOK TWO: RECKONING; title: NINE: The Negro Problem; title: TEN: The Incubus; title: ELEVEN: I Say Lynch; title: TWELVE: A Vile Slander; title: THIRTEEN: An Excellent Race; title: FOURTEEN: A Dark Scheme; title: FIFTEEN: The Nation’s Mission; title: SIXTEEN: Degenerate Sons of the White Race; title: SEVENTEEN: The Great White Man’s Rally and Basket Picnic; title: EIGHTEEN: White-Capping; title: NINETEEN: Buckshot at Close Range; title: TWENTY: A Drunkard and a Gambler; title: TWENTY-ONE: Choke the Cape Fear with Carcasses; title: TWENTY-TWO: The Shepherds Will Have Nowhere to Flee; title: TWENTY-THREE: A Pitiful Condition; title: TWENTY-FOUR: Retribution in History; title: TWENTY-FIVE: The Forbearance of All White Men; title: BOOK THREE: LINE OF FIRE; title: TWENTY-SIX: What Have We Done?; title: TWENTY-SEVEN: Situation Serious; title: TWENTY-EIGHT: Strictly According to Law; title: TWENTY-NINE: Marching from Death; title: THIRTY: Not the Sort of Man We Want Here; title: THIRTY-ONE: Justice Is Satisfied, Vengeance Is Cruel; title: THIRTY-TWO: Persons Unknown; title: THIRTY-THREE: Better Get a Gun; title: THIRTY-FOUR: The Meanest Animals; title: THIRTY-FIVE: Old Scores; title: THIRTY-SIX: The Grandfather Clause; title: THIRTY-SEVEN: Leave It to the Whites; title: THIRTY-EIGHT: I Cannot Live in North Carolina and Be Treated Like a Man; title: EPILOGUE; title: Photo Insert; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; title: NOTES; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: Index