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They stole a city : Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy / Lauren Collins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, Lauren (Journalist)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898.
- African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Coups d'état--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century.
- Coups d'état.
- White supremacy movements--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century.
- White supremacy movements.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- Wilmington (N.C.)--Race relations.
- Wilmington (N.C.).
- Wilmington (N.C.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2026.
- Contents:
- The Howes arise
- Those pestiferous Moores
- The Bellamys build
- The Halseys enter the record
- Breakaway
- Deliver us from evil
- Closer to freedom
- Alderman Howe
- A community of interest
- I.O.U. Waddell
- You won't put me off
- Retribution in history
- An unsafe condition
- White violets for evening toques
- White men and white metal
- White heat
- Choke the Cape Fear River
- Rule or die
- Mother's tattered shawl
- In terrorem
- Omelets
- Flaming mutilations
- A permanent memorial
- Cuffs
- A child's box of letters
- The herb that flourisheth
- Mrs. Halsey
- Visible work
- I want it all exactly
- Fleas in a jar
- Very pertinent facts
- The greatest school under the sun
- Why it was the worst
- A nest of coiled snakes
- Do not call our bluff
- Jr. Babylon
- The happiest damn police chief
- Isn't this beautiful?
- They blasted my shop
- Prisoners of conscience
- Our legacies of perseverance
- Dangerous memories
- Groundbreaking
- Return to Live Oaks
- Pardons of innocence
- A matter which has been settled
- Momosas
- Unraveling
- Alexander Manly Park
- Woooooooo!
- The gun
- Never forgotten
- The invoice
- You know the way.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Collins, Lauren (Journalist). They stole a city.
- ISBN:
- 9781984878823
- 1984878824
- Publisher Number:
- 40033322208
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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