American Coup: Wilmington-PBS American Experience Full Film

[littlemissmartypants]

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I highly recommend watching this if you haven't already. There is additional information about it posted here in the NC Group. You can use the search function found on home page of DU to find it. If you have any trouble, please let me know and I'll try my best to help.


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[Lifeafter70]

1. Thank you for this post

Last edited Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)

I did not know about this until we moved to wilmington in 2013. We lived around the corner from the black owned newspaper that was burned out.(7th and Ann) It was rebuilt and was still there when we moved in 2016
There was also a small museum a few blocks away that had exhibits from that time period.
There is so much of our history that has been hidden from us like the towns that were purposely flooded and remain underwater to this date.
Edit to add: "The Wimington Journal" was the black owned paper on 7th street which was established years after the coup in the early 1900s. It was still there when I lived in Wilmington. I wish I could figure out how to link an article on it because it also has a great history.

[Lifeafter70]

2. I have now watched your vid and wish I could rec again

I thought I knew all about what happened in Wilmington. All I knew was the cliff notes. This documentary told the whole story putting faces on those that were devastated by what happened.

Wish I could Rec it a hundred times.

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