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Sunriser13

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4. Thank y'all for reading...
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 11:53 PM
Jun 2020

I know the articles are very long, involved reading, yet they still only touch the surface. Organized supremacists burned Black newspapers all over the state as part of this coup as well, and attempts to erase the truth exist to this day.

Another good book about this is a historical novel, Cape Fear Rising by Philip Gerard. While being a novel, the book remains faithful to actual events, not the version put forth by those who would rather alter history and hide from the truth of the barbarism of our past.

Again, thank you for your interest and patience. North Carolina history contains some of the most horrific, and some of the most interesting history in the country. But this particular event still polarizes our state and its politics, and many of the descendants of the people involved in it are still in places of power now, evident not only with political shenanigans, but prominence in our educational system as well.

I believe this is an important part of history, especially now, that needs to be acknowledged. It is, however, only one of far too many atrocities that can never be atoned...

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