14K views · 86 reactions | Here's another video during a service at...

3.3K views · 59 reactions | 123 years ago, white supremacists overthrew a legally elected, multi-racial government in Wilmington, North Carolina. Historians estimate 60 to 250 Black residents died in the coup. The community is now taking back the narrative and telling the truth about what happened, CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright reports. | CBS News | Facebook

Back in 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina was one of the most successful Black communities in the South — owning businesses, running newspapers, holding office, and pushing real political power. But that success scared the people who couldn’t stand to see Black progress. On November 10th, a mob of white businessmen, politicians, and vigilantes carried out the only successful overthrow of a city government in U.S. history. They burned the Black newspaper, forced elected officials out, and tried to