Report Calls 1898 N.C. Riot an Insurrection

[Judi Lynn]

Report Calls 1898 N.C. Riot an Insurrection

WILMINGTON, N.C., Dec. 19, 2005
(AP) Violence in 1898 that resulted in the only known forceful overthrow of a city government in U.S. history has historically been called a race riot but actually was an insurrection that white supremacists had planned for months, a state commission concludes.

The violence in Wilmington, which resulted in the deaths of an unknown number of black people, "was part of a statewide effort to put white supremacist Democrats in office and stem the political advances of black citizens," the 1898 Wilmington Riot Commission concludes in a draft report.

Afterward, white supremacists in state office passed laws that disfranchised blacks until the civil rights movement and Voting Rights Act of the 1960s.

"Essentially, it crippled a segment of our population that hasn't recovered in 107 years," said Harper Peterson, a commission member and former mayor of Wilmington. "It's a major event that went unnoticed."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/19/ap/national/mainD8EJDIS00.shtml

On edit:

It's good to remember that during the 1960's, the Southern racist Democrats (Dixiecrats) started their migration to the Republican Party. After civil rights legislation and reforms by Democratic Presidents, they bailed out, didn't come back.

[MnFats]

1. so the 'Death to the Klan' rally murders were only part of a pattern?

this is appalling.
but it is treasonous to even bring up the subject of reparations...

[sasquatch]

2. I'll say it once and I'll say it again

We gained NOTHING by keeping the South apart of the union.

[Journeyman]

4. An unencumbered Mississippi flowing unvexed to the sea. . .

repudiation of the idea the nation could commit political suicide . . . state borders free of military guards . . . a race of people living without chains . . . political and cultural ties that bind us to a common good (however imperfectly realized) . . . a shared heritage, rich in diversity, splendid in actuality . . .

or you can choose to see only ignorance and hatred and the nothingness you perceive outside yourself. . .

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Mark Riley was talking about this on his show this morning...

His grandfather moved from Wilmington immediately after this took place.

You're right, Judi Lynn - we mustn't forget that the grandchildren of the white power perps are now an integral part of the southern repug machine.:thumbsdown:

[Judi Lynn]

5. It's great Mark's grandfather had the foresight to leave that town.

Glad to know people are learning about what has been so deeply buried all these years. It's not right so much has been concealed. The sooner it comes out, the better it will be for everyone.

[Demeter]

6. 107 Years Later, History Repeats Itself on a Much Grander Scale

There is nothing new under the sun, except a new generation of suckers.