The coalition that challenged white supremacy in the Old South.

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Did you know that just decades after the Civil War, a multi-racial political alliance won control of North Carolina?

In the 1890s, Black North Carolinians saw an opportunity to “fuse” together with the largely white Populist party for common goals. Enter: the Fusion government.

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AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 tells 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.

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