Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans.

By the 1890s, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city and a shining example of a mixed-race community. It was a bustling port city with a burgeoning African American middle class and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802148654
• ISBN13: 9780802148650
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"