{"product_id":"democracy-betrayed-the-wilmington-race-riot-of-1898-and-its-legacy-paperback","title":"Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Cecelski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTimothy B. Tyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the close of the nineteenth century, the Democratic Party in North Carolina engineered a white supremacy revolution. Frustrated by decades of African American self-assertion and threatened by an interracial coalition advocating democratic reforms, white conservatives used violence, demagoguery, and fraud to seize political power and disenfranchise black citizens. The most notorious episode of the campaign was the Wilmington \"race riot\" of 1898, which claimed the lives of many black residents and rolled back decades of progress for African Americans in the state.\u003cbr\u003ePublished on the centennial of the Wilmington race riot, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Betrayed\u003c\/i\u003e draws together the best new scholarship on the events of 1898 and their aftermath. Contributors to this important book hope to draw public attention to the tragedy, to honor its victims, and to bring a clear and timely historical voice to the debate over its legacy.\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors are David S. Cecelski, William H. Chafe, Laura F. Edwards, Raymond Gavins, Glenda E. Gilmore, John Haley, Michael Honey, Stephen Kantrowitz, H. Leon Prather Sr., Timothy B. Tyson, LeeAnn Whites, and Richard Yarborough. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve essays on the Wilmington \"race riot\" of 1898--the most notorious episode of a white supremacy campaign in which white conservatives used violence, demagoguery, and fraud to seize political power and disenfranchise black citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid S. Cecelski is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.26 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130734448775,"sku":"9780807847558","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/387dc61f9720aa2ed739503e789462ed.webp?v=1732613325","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/democracy-betrayed-the-wilmington-race-riot-of-1898-and-its-legacy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}