S6 E1: What Was Lost
This series tells the story of the only successful coup d\u2019etat in U.S. history, and the white supremacist massacre that went with it. It happened in Wilmington, North Carolina in November 1898. But before we get to that story, we explore the surprising world of Wilmington in the 19th century \u2013 the world that the massacre and coup violently destroyed.
\n\nBy Michael A. Betts, II, and John Biewen. Interviews with LeRae Umfleet, Cedric Harrison, David Cecelski, and William Sturkey. The series story editor is Loretta Williams.\xa0Music in this episode by Kieran Haile, Blue Dot Sessions, Lucas Biewen, Kevin MacLeod, Jameson Nathan Jones, Alon Peretz, and Florian.\xa0Art by Zaire McPhearson. \u201cEchoes of a Coup\u201d is an initiative of America\u2019s Hallowed Ground, a project of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.