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Barcode30053003530469
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No975.627 COLL
Title They stole a city : Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy / Lauren Collins.
Author Collins, Lauren (Journalist), author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 900-999
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003530469975.627 COLL8/24/2026 Available

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Personal Name Collins, Lauren (Journalist), author.
Title Statement They stole a city : Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy / Lauren Collins.
Varying Form of Title Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Penguin Press, [2026]
Physical Description 528 pages : black and white photographs, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Content Type still image sti rdacontent
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note 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 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.
Summary, Etc. "In this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, NC, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects of the 1898 white supremacist massacre and coup and its critical role in subverting American democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Collective memory United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term White supremacy movements History 19th century. North Carolina Wilmington
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African Americans Civil rights History 19th century. North Carolina Wilmington
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Coups d'âetat History 19th century North Carolina Wilmington
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Wilmington (N.C.) Biography
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Wilmington (N.C.) Race relations
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works. lcgft

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