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They Stole a City

Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy
  • Lauren Collins
2026
Penguin Press

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One person passes a notebook to another, while armed men watch a building burn.
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The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup

A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability.
by Lauren Collins via The New Yorker
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on July 3, 2026
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