Will DiBella's WRIT-150 Blog

 This source is a resolution from the North Carolina Democratic Party that states the party’s role in inciting and organizing the riot that overthrew the government in 1898. The source is obviously a good one because it comes directly from the Party after a report on the 1898 race riot conducted by Wilmington. The resolution also acknowledges and distances the party from the actions taken by the people in charge back then and “celebrates its role in making the political process more inclusive for African Americans in the 20th Century and honors the actions of each modern Democratic President and Governor, all of whom made significant strides toward desegregation”. I think this source is a good one to use because it explains what happened, acknowledges the wrong that was done, and proposes solutions to improve the lives of those affected. It even highlights how this event wasn't really known about until the Wilmington Race Riot Commission was established in 2000. https://www.proques...

 I am choosing to cover the Wilmington 1898 coup. It is, to date, the only successful military coup that has taken place on United States soil but I had no idea that it existed until I took APUSH in my sophomore year of high school. This despite me living in the same state it took place in over a century ago. Essentially what happened was a bunch of white supremacists stormed and overthrew the legitimately elected biracial government of Wilmington, North Carolina and installed a white supremacist gvoernment to continue to oppress blacks. This was allowed to occur by both the state and federal governments. Newspapers at the time falsely reported that it was a race riot started by blacks but it’s widely recognized nowadays that it was, in fact, a white supremacist coup. This will help to drive home just how racist America was back in the day and even though slavery had been outlawed, blacks were still second-class citizens and white supremacists were determined to keep it that way.