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American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Opens on September 20

 

Director: Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2024

Date & Time: Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Goodyear Arts
Address: 301 Camp Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28206

In collaboration with PBS NC, the Reimagining America Project, and Goodyear Arts, join us for a FREE Indie on Wheels screening of American Coup: Wilmington 1898.

The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the only coup d’état in the history of the US. Stoking fears of ‘Negro Rule’, self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.

Free and open to the public. 

 

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