When white supremacists overthrew a government

The hidden history of an American coup.
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Correction at 7:23: Cynthia's ancestors lived in Wilmington, not her descendants.
In November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled black and white political leaders, destroyed the property of the city’s black residents, and killed dozens--if not hundreds--of people. How did such a turn of events change the course of the city? For decades, the story of this violence was buried, while the perpetrators were cast as heroes. Yet its impacts resonate across the state to this day.
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[@thefpvlife7785]

Paleeeeeze make an episode about this false notion of "The Browning of America". America was brown by millions of natives for thousands of years before any white Europeans arrived and pushed out the Natives.

[@nuclear5641]

7:20: "Cynthia Brown, whose descendants were in Wilmington back in 1898..." I think you meant to say "ancestors" in the place of "descendants." Cynthia Brown is a descendant of the people who were in Wilmington in 1898. Those people themselves were her ancestors.

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

😲😲😲😲😯😯😯😦😦😮😮😮😯😲😲😲😲😵😵😵😵🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@r.lewisblake7793]

Praetor_Fenix420 You skipped several 😡😡😡😡

[@matthiaskepplinger3894]

"What we don't usually find in American history: the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government." I mean, South America would like a word with you. American interference is very much part of American history.

[@LynneLaRochelle]

The idea that you couldn’t look this up in the library is extra disturbing

[@Ctg507]

Look up the lemba and igbo jewish tribes in africa... Prepare to be shocked again

[@jayyi5064]

Its really not

[@adrianb.5473]

@@jayyi5064 why? because the library hid this as a secret to spreak knowledge of the past almost no one in American knows about personally i agree with Lynne

[@JustBeYouTy]

I learned about this in 99 in college but I went to a HBCU, so it is disturbing that they couldn’t find info on it.

[@FreQuincyAndTheSoulTribe]

@@Ctg507 she's not ready lol

[@morrisx1169]

This is why America doesn't teach the real American history.

[@jurisgirl4479]

That's right Morris. We have a HORRIBLE history. Some things will literally scare the s*** out of anyone.

[@kayanclarke5216]

Yep

[@Anthony-zc2lm]

right, because the democrats would have a tough time getting the colored vote if they knew the truth

[@saidyvasquez3811]

@@Anthony-zc2lm They literally switched parties.

[@link199100]

The worst part is that this isn't even one of the worst things the US has done

[@breguido1390]

As a student of the NC school system, this was never ONCE talked about! I graduated in 2019. The first time I ever heard about this was in my third year of college.

[@DoggyHateFire]

Same here. I lived the first 22 years of my life in NC and never knew about it.

[@cadillacdeacon]

Right 🤦🏾‍♂️🙏🏾

[@DMalenfant1]

Yeah same reason why the media calls blacks 'youths, scholars' when ever they are committing a crime.

[@ILOVEELVIS1234]

It’s so hard knowing that this happened in my home town, I have probably walked near that plot of land multiple time and never knew, I am horrified that we were never taught this stuff

[@decembersveryown5935]

This is why they love to say "stop living in the past" cause thats where the answers are.

[@WWZenaDo]

Oh, I *LOVE* your comment! May I please borrow it?

[@scj3188]

Exactly.

[@jediknight5600]

Preach!

[@JesseLatourrette]

🤦‍♂️

[@obriantucker2256]

Yep

[@sondrajean955]

We've been taught Amerian mythology in public schools, not American history.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Partly due to the Daughters of the Confederacy, who wrote a lot of the Southern state histories and instructed school boards how to select or reject history books for the children.

[@12Gates.]

We weren't taught history, we were taught Mcgraw Hill

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@12Gates. That isn't unique to the USA. Most countries teach the youngest children the national myths first, "our glorious history," and never make it clear that it's on a par with Santa Claus.

[@romannasuti25]

​ @Faithless Hound yep, almost every nation has some version of this. Japanese people don't properly learn about WW2 until either high school or college level depending on their high school textbooks, at least partly because a Japanese right-wing group is trying to push revisionism through some of those textbooks. This, combined with tensions with North Korea spilling over as racial tensions against Koreans in general, makes it very tough for South Korea and Japan to get along despite their cultural similarities and what they stand to gain from unity. This also harms relations to some degree with Taiwan, as while the hatred isn't quite as strong, there's uneasiness with the idea of Japan having military independence from the United States. To be fair, the Chinese and North Korean governments would NOT be okay with South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan getting along and likely do what they can to interfere, as they all have extremely developed economies and strong military drives: South Korea has a relatively nationalistic populace (I'd know, my mom is one and can be a bit fanatical) and mandatory military service to deal with North Korea, Taiwan has the ever-present threat and influence of China to keep them alert, and so much of ancient Japanese culture revolves around the military, whether it be Shogunates, the samurai subculture, or even Western-style colonialism in the 1800's that it'd be all too easy for a party to make a historical push. If they all got along as economic and, most importantly, *military* allies, that could be an Asian NATO, and that'd be real bad for China and North Korea.

[@TheLily97232]

It's like that everywhere

[@timotheetessier1058]

This is absolutely appalling- Unfortunately it’s also not surprising, and once again I’m disappointed in my schooling for not having learned about this until the age of 35… Thank you VOX

[@DREWKABOOM]

Imagine someone telling you that you’re race baiting by citing these events

[@baltimoredrummer1]

Then I am a professional baiter

[@amarbyrd2520]

In this era where white supremacists are literally out in the open? Happens too much. Happens all the time.

[@HOLDFASTBEAR]

​@@baltimoredrummer1🙌master🙌

[@kimalonzo4912]

The average Black person won't know these facts about American history unless they do their own research or go to college and take African American Studies. Now KZbin is the bridge between the two.

[@DredScott2010]

The average person wont know these facts.

[@lone_demon]

@@DredScott2010 that's why knowledge is power, you either seek it, or you don't 🤔

[@DredScott2010]

@@lone_demon I don't disagree with you. But i still feel the same. I'm black. I just try to back us up when i see stuff like this.

[@taylorc2542]

Those classes are useless and designed to make you resentful. Don't buy into that garbage; it's just decadent white people and Jews trying to divide and conquer.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@Official_Baba_yaga I mean, why shouldn't children be taught this at some point in the 12 or so years they spend in primary education?

[@hiphopotamus69]

“Consolidate the white vote by stoking white anger and resentment” The playbook hasn’t changed much over the years has it?

[@kiwikiwi2483]

That's literally exactly how Trump won. Exactly how he won

[@kiwikiwi2483]

@@8015908 Whats your source? OAN?

[@karenxhill]

@@8015908 Remind us how many bombs Trump has dropped?

[@kahlilboi]

@@karenxhill you mean N - bombs?

[@karenxhill]

@@kahlilboi no

[@megamihestia4049]

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

[@pierrojules]

We witnessed it on January 6, 2021.

[@user-xv2lq2nh4l]

​@@pierrojuleswe sure did only this time it was Republicans and not Democrats

[@Ryansghost]

I've just paid attention to US inauguration ceremony for the first time. It was a huge celebration of Christian, White Supremacy. It was a stark illustration of how deeply ingrained the problem of white entitlement, and American exceptionalist is in present day US. This problem was there long before Trump ... and hasn't gone away with him.

[@opheliataylor2929]

It's intresting that racists go on about the importance of preserving history (white supremacist statues) and yet tell people to forget about the countless injustices like this because it's "not relevant anymore".

[@jurisgirl4479]

@@kipwonder2233 yes, apparently! It was on FULL SHOWCASE for the world to see on 1/6/21.

[@alexandermichelotti9069]

The white supremacists’ thinly veiled message is that they will not tolerate objective documentation and analysis of history. Instead they bury it by imposing an implausible mythology on the collective.

[@johncaccioppo1142]

The Old Testament justifies racism.

[@mikeundereood1071]

It's all relavent but take ing history away is wrong

[@johncaccioppo1142]

@@mikeundereood1071 The history isn't gone just because the idol is torn down.

[@jimibones178]

The stupidity and hate of human beings is absolutely disgusting.

[@stiggmint6226]

I’m guessing you’re smart and love everybody. Amirite?

[@jeremiahsalvadorjuarez553]

@@stiggmint6226 im guessing youre white, amiright?

[@stiggmint6226]

Jeremiah Salvador Juarez Nope, but I don’t have to guess that you’re racist.

[@pajarocaripocapute]

What a primitive way of thought to not interact and live with someone because of their race.

[@jimibones178]

By comparison, yeah pretty smart I guess. But either way, how I treat someone is based off how they treat me, nothing else at all.

[@OneBDennis]

This was the playbook used from 2016-2020. Literally history was repeated.

[@ivovasilev2671]

Yeah, but it took longer this time. In the video the racist extremist maniacs took like a year to get properly ready to succeed through their racist theory, that was critical of certain races. This time it took 4 years for the democrats to manage to get power through pushing CRT, but to be fair- this time they stole the country from the masses. Wonder what the next wonders CRT will bring us will be, and when...

[@masonmunkey6136]

@@ivovasilev2671 I don't think yall are talking about the same people lol.

[@user-xv2lq2nh4l]

​@@ivovasilev2671parties switched buddy those were the Dixiecrats, did you not see the video where back then those Southern Democrats were the cause of all that happened but now it's the Republican party that are repeating what their democratic ancestors did

[@LaurenOliviArt]

I grew up in Burgaw NC which is right down the road from Wilmington. And let me tell you. We did NOT LEARN about 1898. It was buried history and I’m happy it has been unburied!!!!

[@ro3snowman]

Yes, this is an American atrocity that was swept under the rug !

[@thesoulbrother8636]

The more I learn about U.S. history, the more I understand how things affected African Americans in a negative way.

[@pclay5022]

The more i learn that i was taught lies in school... and so are my kids!

[@totsmini3105]

....Its still all around us today.....

[@Boss-mo6hp]

They took over our government in the 1900 cause in 1890 our people still rude all this took place in 1919 that’s a fact

[@bryanwynn1602]

Exactly

[@turtleislandchief]

We arent African though. Dig in thr national Archives and the Library of Congress. Plenty of records to show who's Indigenous to THIS land. Do a genealogy search BY RECORDS not DNA which cant prove a thing.

[@ItsDanny91]

When you study history you will learn that African Americans were moving very fast after slavery as far as education, land ownership and opening business being elected into office. It’s really amazing considering the circumstances. Racial violence slowed a lot of that down.

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

What slowed it down the most was the intentional breakdown of the family by the interjection of welfare and feminism into the black communities. Nothing is quite as destructive as the phrase "I don't need no man" in regards to raising a family. What annoys me is the democrats and progressives keep trying to propagate the big switch hoax in an attempt to push their crimes onto the republicans.

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

@bro9650 I do agree with jim crow being the other main issue but the interjection of welfare and feminism is what kept the black communities to slide backwards. BTW the southern strategy is a hoax with plenty of evidence that the voter switch didn't actually happen the way the democrats wish it did.

[@TheArkansas1990]

@@vagabondwastrel2361 if you are saying that the Southern Strategy is a hoax is ridiculous. Lee Atwater the Republican strategist darling is on tape explaining the Southern Startegy. If you can't even acknowledge the man that created it explaining the strategy in plain daylight on tape I can see that you are not trying to get to the truth you are just lying to make the Republican party look good.

[@xyzsame4081]

the welfare and breakdown of family after _reconstruction_ ? Resorting to violence and mob rule in a democracy (and after they had lost the war 30 years ago). They could not hold the black people back on the merit so the militias enacted a dictatorship (and it is not like the federal government would have stood up for the constitution and the rule of law).

[@KIDSOUL777]

@@jackdamenace13, That same jealousy that perpetrated on Black Wall Street and In Wilmington, NC will be the same jealousy that will try to stop progress on reparations owed to black Americans. I mean go to every video or comment sections on articles about reparations. There is already racism speaking out against it.

[@AnnemieM]

As they say:" There is nothing new under the sun."

[@jbo411]

Growing up in Wilmington, NC, we were taught nothing but a “race riot.” Good summary of an insurrection filled with a lot of detail.

[@maximeleroy2693]

“this is a white man country” sir, your ancestors stole this territory from the indigenous people, but i don’t think you’re really for that conversation.

[@negloblaxon7616]

I don't think you are ready for the conversation of so-called "African Americans" being Indigenous people.

[@kdm1879]

@Mr Very noice your wrong sir

[@kdm1879]

@Mr Very noice slaves where put to work and did most of the economic growth to the south

[@kdm1879]

@Mr Very noice ok smarta$$

[@mauriciod2545]

Wrong argument pal, every piece of land in this planet has been conquered and re-conquered by different peoples. Nothing belongs to anyone unless you have the power to keep others away from your land.

[@ericdorland3707]

If you think the violent overthrow of democratically elected governments is something rare in US history, I have some news for you about our foreign policy...

[@neonwallacewells7818]

True. But I think she meant on US soil

[@ericdorland3707]

@@neonwallacewells7818 well then they should have said that because otherwise they're doing the same type historical erasure they criticise in the video. It would have been great if they said "events like US backed coup in Chile have become increasingly discussed in the US, but even on american soil there is a history of the violent overthrow of democratically elected governments"

[@williamfrancis5367]

I think they were talking about US domestic history, not in terms of the history of US foreign policy.

[@lucassoros3236]

Kropotkin was smart. Be like Kropotkin

[@zhuolixie5922]

RIP Chilean president Alined.

[@shawnbulger6894]

You Tube is a 💎 I swear I've learned soooo much about the history of my ppl thru video's like this.

[@emarie555f]

Every time I watch one of these videos and the video ends I feel like crying. I love how straight forward and heart wrenching these stories are told because that’s how it should be done. Gets to peoples heads and hearts more thank you 🙏

[@jertzruiz7197]

You can’t learn true history if the story is told by the oppressor

[@dcmasterxgaming3238]

History is written by the victor

[@jaxthedisintegrator8096]

@@dcmasterxgaming3238 History = His Story 🤯

[@brexiens4769]

This is a horrible thing, Jertz, to associate something that this person has nothing to do with, with that person, that happened with completely different people. You should feel ashamed for yourself in this comment for that slander.

[@wonderwoman66dp]

Hertz Ruiz SAY IT AGAIN!

[@wonderwoman66dp]

@American Patriot! smh, *THAT PART!*

[@corbinmasaitisthefab]

I live in Wilmington, North Carolina and I never knew about this till this video. This coup has been covered up so well it’s disturbing.

[@josejaimes-ramos1546]

I live 40 minutes from Wilmington and never knew about this either.

[@martinxy1291]

Makes you think what other parts of history are kept in the dark

[@TheSparklyunicornz]

After seeing this, I'm so glad my 4th grade teacher spent a day teaching about the Wilmington race riots

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

@@TheSparklyunicornz It wasn't really a race riot, it was a pure coup d'etat.

[@VAMPYBITES]

It's called "WHITE WASHING AMERICAN HISTORY"!!

[@ryanmcnair3451]

This channel is SUCH a gem! I have learned more on this channel than I'm comfortably willing to admit. 😉

[@danny8371]

They really don’t lie when they said history repeats itself

[@maddie9185]

The more I learn the more I understand why African Americans are still so angry at a country that has never compensated or even acknowledge all the damage it inflicted and continues to inflict on African Americans. Sad how nothing changes.

[@Navaura]

And that is the real problem. Everyone is accepted except the African American.

[@mmalithefather1472]

On behalf of the black community.. we love you ♥️

[@migueldelrio85]

Thank you - seriously, thank you

[@hadleymanmusic]

Well wonder why GM closed in shreveport?? Huh??

[@magzmoney]

I wish they are more like you. 🙏🏾 Then we can move forward.

[@danielaguzman8826]

I’m from North Carolina and not once were taught about this in our state specific history class. This is a problem.

[@JoseRBarrientos]

Agree. I moved to the state when I was 11 and I even lived nearby in Jacksonville for over a decade... I also had No clue about this nasty chapter in the history of my State!

[@ldorsey74]

I was born and raised in Winston-Salem and never heard of this. I even went to WSSU and didn’t learn about this while attending a HBCU. So sad.

[@JoseRBarrientos]

@@ldorsey74 I first moved to Yadkin and Surry county... I attended elementary and High School there until I joined the Marines.

[@cobrakai9793]

I’ve lived in NC my whole life and I have learned about this in school

[@JoseRBarrientos]

@@cobrakai9793 how old are you?

[@kimberly6021]

One handsome black man said "Once you go black , You're gonna need a wheelchair" and That's how 🤏white men 🤏started getting really really angry

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

Latrell Spencer lol

[@Jryder933]

Lol😆😆😂😂🤣🤣

[@dall9329]

Ironically white men were the ones who forced themselves on black women for centuries. All these mixed races we have today had started with whites men .

[@Dana_inc]

Laughable!

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

History should never be hidden, the worse it is the more important it is to remember. Those who forget or don’t know there past will be condemned to repeat it till they remember

[@nicolejennings8389]

This is something that should be taught in public school

[@swoosh7212]

Shouldn’t*

[@faithhill6338]

Swoosh ! should****

[@beckiejani7782]

All schools

[@austinsheehan6726]

it is

[@Navaura]

The truth is if African Americans knew the history of this country, they would have to fight against their hatred to move forward and most white people woul be ashamed at what they learn. There is a reason they don't want blacks to know their own history. It makes them more than thugs and welfare queens.

[@achosenvessel6563]

My grandad told me that Wilmington, NC had it's own Black Wallstreet going on until WS rose up and stole everything from Blacks to include land and houses. This history is hidden. Tulsa,OK wasn't the only place where Blacks had done well for themselves post slavery. That is how my family ended up in Durham, NC. We originally came from Wilmington.

[@danlegend8486]

Not only that there are black great-great-grandparents whose children and grandchildren in places like Raliegh and Durham who still have deeds for land stolen by whites whose names are littered around the city streets names and building names all over Wilmington.

[@achosenvessel6563]

@@danlegend8486:🎯

[@achosenvessel6563]

@@AP-ym1lo: Lisa Cabrera channel has a video about a year ago naming all such areas of the country that Blacks had done well for themselves. Check out her history videos.

[@scj3188]

Yup. This history was intentionally hidden from us.

[@jessicaharris65]

​@@AP-ym1lo many cities had these areas. Places that free slaves went to, they built up for themselves. Research "The Rosewood Massacre", this happened in Florida in a small black community.

[@DashaTheDivineDivah]

Great work! This adds to my trauma as a black woman but glad the truth is somewhere... I'm tired of people acting like these things never happened and aren't still happening

[@draleighd]

Democrats have not changed their tactics , we can see how they use the media to manipulate and silence people.

[@graciecox4866]

I literally live here wilmington is my hometown & Ive learned about the Wilmington massacre of 1898 in school a lot in the past few years it’s very sad and just proves that you never fully know the history behind the place you come from

[@truthseeker5127]

We live in a time where they can't hide history anymore 😂 and I love it.

[@tylerdurden4392]

@The Black Order Not really...

[@tylerdurden4392]

America doesn't hide history--America liberates it.

[@tylerdurden4392]

@The Black Order How am I lying? I am a proud American and care about transparency, even if it doesn't reflect well. Personal liberty is an American ideal and that is why hundreds of thousands of proper patriots gave their lives to free the slaves. Why don't liberals ever give thanks to the heroes of history and only take the time to hate somebody?

[@tylerdurden4392]

@The Black Order The slaves had their own reasons for opposing slavery (obviously) but plenty of free ABOLITIONISTS lost their lives for the idea that slaves would be free. Not every Republican is Abe Lincoln ;)

[@altareggo]

@@tylerdurden4392 Whoa! You seem to have a strange view of the world here. "Liberals" BUILT the USA - the constitution itself is an exceptionally "liberal" or "left-leaning" document for its time - when rule by nobility (ie, the rich and powerful.....) was widely accepted as the way society "should" work, and workers and poor people in general had very few rights at all. // Further, which "heroes of history" are being neglected? Please tell us, because it seems to me that most folks these days on either side of the political spectrum, have the same idea of "heros".. for example Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Churchill, Roosevelt during wwii, Martin Luther, etc. Please: tell us what you are complaining about here: i sincerely wish to know.

[@ayya514]

Who's watching this after Trump supporters broke into Congress? :)

[@antoinehoward9524]

They’re the new confederacy. They will attempt to overthrow the government again.

[@SoftTofu123]

conservative snowflakes attempting a coup? I guess history repeats.

[@thoregries6899]

@@antoinehoward9524 oh ive seen this one, next thing you know theyre creating a clone army before transitioning into an empire.

[@ayya514]

@@vladimirjlouis you have to be kidding. You can't be THAT ignorant about what happened...

[@legallyredone5561]

@@vladimirjlouis This has been proven incorrect

[@razerone49]

This is the 9th Missing Chapter video I’ve watched back to back. Before that, I binged through all of the Darkroom series.

[@nicolasfurger1032]

This almost happened again.

[@chris-hayes]

After that North Carolina didn't have an African American Congressman till 1992?! Holy cow

[@treboleekem499]

@Abdigani Aden we should vote based on ideology not race

[@treboleekem499]

@Abdigani Aden or just notnvote at all

[@revspikejonez]

@@treboleekem499 tell that to the people who vote based on who is the most racist.

[@treboleekem499]

@@revspikejonez who does that, I literally know nobody that does that. And no Trump supporters did not got for him cause he is the most racist. And voting for a black does not mean he isn't racist. Your point?

[@alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689]

@@treboleekem499 -keep lying to yourself !!! Sad

[@gabbym333]

"If you don't see it for what it really is, it can happen all over again." Yup. And yesterday it did.

[@juliusraben3526]

Defunding police had nothing to do with it? If they had enough funds, there would be enough police?

[@carlrosenbaum3754]

And should

[@fedup4190]

@@juliusraben3526 defunding the police is mainly to do with reallocating parts of the high amount of the money that the police have received in the past into social services and safeguarding services that help foster a healthy community instead of brutalising and terrorising it. A simple google search would've told you that, a simple google search would've also told you how the treatment of BLM protesters in the summer starkly contrasts the treatment of ppl who stormed a federal building meaning they DO have the resources (or 'funds' as you rudimently put it) to stop those terrorists

[@juliusraben3526]

@@fedup4190 read your message again. You are kind of disproving your point xD and what part do I get wrong that google couldve told me? But also to you, how did defunding (or allocating resources to other places) the police leads to a better ability to stop, lets say, stop people from taking over the capitol? And no wonder BLM got more police. They wernt defunded back then so they had more capability. You dont need a google search to come to that conclusion isnt it? And thats the part were you disprove yourself... if only google had all the answers, you couldve googled that these things can happen when you take resources away from the institutions that should safe guard society. But terrorize communities... like those riots over the summer?

[@juliusraben3526]

@Jason Sehorn and instead of editing i will do it like this; what stopped you from replying to it?

[@margaretw5848]

I must have heard about it as a child because I have never been comfortable driving thru the Wilmington area. History repeats itself

[@hallahgray3190]

And they are doing it again most people would literally be surprised how many times this has happened throughout the history of the United States. The tactics have changed very little but the intended outcome is exactly the same so I guess it’s true we don’t learn from history.

[@kochkochkoch]

I'm not even American, but this is facinating. I had no idea municipal coups were a thing.

[@neeneko]

Oh yeah. You should look into the 'constitutional sheriff' movement. They believe the sheriff is a higher authority than the federal government and have been electing their own into various regions. Several counties out west have essentially become no-go zones for federal officials today. And not that long ago a small (luckily incompetent) group tried to violently overthrow the government of West Virginia. They attacked the capital, but it was only a few people so they were easily subdued. But this idea of violently overthrowing your local government is baked into right wing DNA in the US and is talked about quite a bit.

[@xemmyQ]

I'm American, and usually due to terrible history books like what is seen at the end of the video, neither do most of us, since a lot of the awful things done in our history tend to be glossed over.

[@PaulChabot]

@@neeneko How long ago was that attack on West Virgina Gov?!?

[@kyivstuff]

I’m from Ukraine and it’s so similar to how Russia/USSR acts. First use force, violently suppress all resistance, and then rewrite the stories so they look like the good guys.

[@swagnostic132]

Theres a big history of such groups decimating black american communities in this era

[@LinusOva]

Absolutely heartbreaking. This was just a few generations ago, and people wonder why race is still an issue in America.

[@yurichtube1162]

I never knew about race before i studied america

[@jonasalden29201]

@@yurichtube1162 I'm curious to know where you came from that race did not exist, or had no concept of it.

[@LinusOva]

@@Barefoot433 did you watch the video? Any thoughts on that?

[@alecronceros9211]

In the US, not America

[@mozelie9531]

It’s an issue because generations of white people push their racist/other ignorant ideas into the younger generations .

[@blackericdenice]

I've been to this city a few times as a truck driver. I didn't know any of this. I won't feel the same the next time I go.

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

I love the birth of KZbin where we can watch, View, and judge for ourself

[@Trund27]

4K people voted this down? Why? It’s history. We can’t hide from it.

[@michaelpreston233]

cant avoid their Nasty Deeds anymore

[@manny.briones05]

Sounds about white..

[@Muhdah1972]

The truth hurts and they can't handle it.

[@GDL364]

White fragility

[@marco1173]

That's white supremacy for you. Never met more fragile snowflakes in my life.

[@kamilleseven283]

Thank you Ms. Cynthia Brown for protecting and keeping those documents!!!

[@Levitiy]

To be fair, a people should be allowed independence if they refuse to be ruled by another people.

[@chuchugugu]

Levity but not with shady tactics and slandering

[@chuchugugu]

Levity and without racism of course

[@soulscanner66]

@balance.of.the.sexes Nah, before the welfare state the poor just starved and died.

[@soulscanner66]

@@Levitiy Only a racist would say that in this context.

[@patriciog4473]

reading the title is like "huh, which one?"

[@noodles7193]

“something you don’t usually find in american history: the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government” *latin america:* AJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

“The textbooks on NC history have struggled to accurately describe what happened” is a very charitable characterization.

[@lone_demon]

Erosion of history is the most insidious thing to do..history teaches us how to learn from our past. If real history is taught in school good or bad, future generations might be more better human beings 🤔

[@EdwardsComment]

it's charming and also scary how many people expect school textbooks to teach them history, and with any degree of accuracy.

[@KingNimrod910]

Bro I was born and raised in Wilmington NC and they never taught talked or put this part of history in a textbook and being from Wilmington they do not tell the students about this in history class at any grade level.

[@alvaroakatico9188]

This particular video needs to be shared over and over again. Lone Demon puts it into perspective, thanks 😊

[@NateandNoahTryLife]

I had genuinely never heard this story, thank you for sharing. It’s awful what happened, and it’s so important to shed light on it.

[@arthurchadman5787]

this video was just uploaded 21 mins and and your comment was 21 mins ago. you did not even watched the video yet

[@kerryn6714]

Dane Coder My feed says this story went up 42 minutes ago & he commented 34 minutes ago. He could of commented half way through. At least he didn’t say “first”.

[@boiboiboi1419]

It's called time integration , old man The algorithm are not sufficiently enough to calculated the history

[@rqdio193]

Learned this in 8th

[@rodrigoscustodio]

@@arthurchadman5787 I did not know there was an official time for comment. Are you from KZbin? Tell us more about these new updates! Lol

[@MrVentura30]

Wow thank you for this gem!

[@enigmacapital]

5:19 that poor guy's face of shame when he says ''enthusiastically''.

[@quannifer]

And they call us violent thugs.

[@foureyeswonder]

Yup, the irony.

[@jonkristopherallena.thehip6390]

Yea true

[@seanranklin2733]

@Brendan Lewis No lol.

[@JustRockRC]

Wow truth

[@OfficerDva444]

Everyone else is "violent thugs" to the oppressors and high privileged.

[@bailey2652]

People just don't realize how horrifyingly racist we were just a little over a century ago, and how that stuff affects the way we run today. It doesn't just disappear.

[@bigiron7547]

Stop saying we

[@bailey2652]

@@bigiron7547 Does it leave a bad taste in your mouth? I could not care less

[@faithhill6338]

TSE_M what?

[@mauriciod2545]

Literally every nation in the planet used to be insanely racist just a few decades ago.

[@bailey2652]

@@mauriciod2545 did you take "we" to mean the US only?

[@ProudSomaliKenyan]

Found this in my recommendation after capitol raid

[@boondockpaint]

Boy have we come a long way, but yet still have a long way to go.

[@unclepatrick2]

I had a teacher who grew up in Wilmington. He told my College History Class about this events . When I taught High School American History , I use to cover these events. I had kids call me a liar. They could not believe that people would do that.

[@crassirus]

They wouldn't believe it because, if they were good people, it would require them to acknowledge that there was a reason POC are often in disadvantageous positions - because when they actually, openly showed signs of prosperity, there were marauding bands of people with racist agendas who were devoted to bringing them down.

[@danlegend8486]

@@crassirus I say every black american should be an ardent second amendment supporter. God what I would give to have a time machine and hand out ak-47's to every black man and woman.

[@souvikrc4499]

Sheridan Taylor There’s just one problem with that: the state government was also under the control of white supremacists, and if the blacks armed themselves, the state government would use that as a justification to send the National Guard after them. So not only would you have bands of white racists killing blacks, THE STATE GOVERNMENT would also be doing that.

[@Malamockq]

@@souvikrc4499 The state government were a bunch of white racists anyway. That aside, I think his point was that giving them superior firepower would give them an edge in a rebellion.

[@broseppicarnalizmo315]

This is one reason why gun control is NOT a good idea. Americans have owned guns since the beginning. Mass shootings are a fairly recent phenomenon. Throughout American history, guns have been used by law-abiding citizens to hunt, and to defend ourselves. This is the ONLY reason we have never been invaded by another country! Stay WOKE!! This video is one example of why we need to be armed! Racists are running rampant! It will only get worse!

[@ergoblaze]

“Textbooks have struggled to describe what happened” Yet this video managed to explain it all in a few minutes

[@armandorodea7580]

Maybe they meant struggled in the sense of telling the truth

[@lorelange]

@@armandorodea7580 I think he knows that. He was just quoting.

[@thechosenone1533]

It means struggle to tell the truth without making democrats look bad.

[@Levitiy]

Nothing is ever so black and white. The grievances of the Wilmington Dems were utterly unmentioned, and that they even had any.

[@colewood3297]

@@Levitiy What were there grievances? I know you're probably a troll but I'm genuinely curious if they had any.

[@edwardgoering1237]

I am ashamed now I was stationed TAD at Cherry Point NC and went to Willmington on weekends !

[@Hotshotveteran]

This needs to be in schools

[@baatile]

I’m glad more of these stories are coming out. Most American films show black people during slavery or during the civil rights movement, there’s no in between.

[@burdrchitect1680]

I most definitely agree with you on the American films. I'm actually over those type of films. Its annoying. I'd love to see films that shows prosperous Black American Story, because I come from a great black American family that worked hard.

[@dova3282]

There are there always are its all about digging and reading 🙂 such as Black Cowboys or The Great Alexander Duma

[@mirariri98]

Watch the Banker. It’s awesome!

[@gmakanaky08]

Of course, there is no interest in research the process.

[@erinwilliams57]

@@kristianroberts8152 So very true

[@stephanmarinovic1180]

This video should be re-posted as the importance has never been more relevant.

[@CynicalDriver]

@iconoclast progress starts with us... We must show this to our children ourselves if the system will not.

[@katovomkozies]

Amazing this success hasn't been replicated in any Sub Saharan country.

[@dadoq1052]

Yeh it should show the atrocities of the democratic party.

[@TOMsideways-nt6tx]

Why its lies

[@mr.meeseeks6549]

Did y'all not even pay attention in school?

[@annietakumi4595]

i don't normally watch stuff about racism cuz I tear up. even the hbo docu about the last slaves was super heartbreaking I couldn't finish it. I'm sorry our beloved black folks had to endure such cruelty. no one deserved to be treated in such an inhumane manner. gosh I'm crying.

[@JulianPhotofit]

Wow! Had no idea this important piece of history. Sharing.

[@akbarmuslim9035]

This is why I tell my people to learn history because history is relevant to the present...

[@hassan10ify]

Whites killed an entire race of native americans

[@bluedelucia1625]

Amen to that I hope we can wake the people up to the truth of the demonic-rat party and their racist views of them.

[@saravanadasan9481]

history is relevant

[@Navaura]

@@hassan10ify Sure did and then have the nerve to act like it didnt happen. The trail of tears was nothing compared to the wars they started. Theres no such thing as discovering when people are already there.

[@andrewcampbell1129]

History is a current affair

[@44absol]

"something we don't see in american history: the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government" *laughs in south american*

[@jovan1198]

*Laughs in Caribbean and Central American* *Also laughs in Philippines*

[@raney150]

@@jovan1198 well, she meant a violent overthrow within the country.

[@philip7468]

@@raney150 USA history then.

[@falahati]

Should have said "USA" instead of "America". At least "North America" or something. "America" is not a country but a continent.

[@SamitaSarkar]

jajaja

[@jaleesamilburn4476]

Thanks Vox. I needed this

[@shutinalley]

Popularity envy is going to be our downfall.

[@intellect1st122]

This is why American Black history should be taught is schools

[@willie417]

Black American history, is American history, so the should teach the true American history

[@eddielacrosse2]

By Black people **

[@femboyfoxfurry2603]

Try taking AP classes fam or if you're in college take some classes that specialize in African American history. But it's a shame it's not all being taught in one class

[@willie417]

@@femboyfoxfurry2603 if you're in college, don't take a class in African American History, that's a waste of your and your parents money, buy a few books and do some reading and search the internet, and you can find some groups online too

[@femboyfoxfurry2603]

@@willie417 were I live community college is free to everybody as long as you meet certain income requirements. Besides many people take classes they don't even care about just to meet credit requirements. So why not instead take classes you want to take? Learning things from the internet can be pretty hit or miss. With college there are systems in place that at least highlight bad and good professors.

[@timothymoore2197]

This was very difficult and disturbing to watch, but I'm glad it's been researched and brought to the light. Please keep posting more of these kinds of videos which expose what has been forgotten, so that we can understand our past and never repeat these kinds of actions.

[@taq1238]

In the US brutality and oppression against Blacks morphs it has never stopped.

[@nanddi]

Yah Right

[@warrenhalter9293]

We have never forgot

[@02278426]

yeah but nobody wants to talk about the PAYBACK.....these white families still exists today....on stolen businesses....stolen patents..and stolen LAND!!!!!

[@brandonsterlingon6130]

What's the point if people are not going to take action to right the wrongs that have been done?

[@OnlineMD]

Greetings from Wilmington, North Carolina! My family and I have lived here for 40 years now. We're Indian-American. One Halloween, we were subject to a "Trick Or Treat:" someone left either their, or their pet's BOWEL MOVEMENT on our front porch. I just quickly hosed it clean, and as a family we didn't bother to discuss it. Looking back over our four decades here, I can clearly say that while there are many racists still amongst us, the overall majority of people have been truly good people. Our daughters did well in school and both were accepted into the University of North Carolina and then on to post-graduate studies. Indian American students here have obtained scholarships and have become valedictorians. And yet, NPR did a recent study and found that the schools of Wilmington are THE MOST SEGREGATED in the entire state. Strange thing, racism: a decade or two prior to our coming here, two Indian men got off a ship at the port, and proceeded to a Greyhound station to catch a bus up north. They wanted to use the rest room. They asked a police officer, which rest room should we use: the one marked "Whites" or the one marked "Blacks." The officer asked where they were from, and they said India. Oh, use the "Whites" rest room, they were told. Years later they published an article in the Star News newspaper here about the graciousness and hospitality they experienced while briefly in Wilmington.

[@tw8464]

Thank you for your work shining a light on the truth. Let the truth no longer remain covered up.

[@SonSolo]

American history is to RE-WRITE history.

[@cytkl]

Thieves No own History. Meuseums are a living fact. Demons in human flesh

[@SonSolo]

And RE-WHITE history

[@SonSolo]

Rodrigo Santos...Yup....it's really psychopathic.

[@lordishmael8364]

100%

[@anneneville6255]

Just curious. What does American schools teach in history class? Only their ca 300 years history or world history ?

[@visionquest7870]

The amazing thing is that African Americans have had a great amount of success, but for all of their successes they had been targeted to be kept in poverty.

[@trill9302]

@Appalachian no, its the democrats. They wan,t to keep them down, because they know black people are powerful.

[@chayil7489]

@@leonhenry4861 IKR..I'm trying to figure out what a "lame stack of cash" is. A stack of cash, is a stash of cash. He is probably sitting in a trailer park married to his sister ON WELFARE!!😭😂

[@donthatemeforbeinghonest296]

@Spit on it paw paw Im a Nurse. Im not on welfare. This is not the 80's 90's Black people are graduating from college with degrees, running their own business etc. There are mostly immigrants on welfare now days. All black people are not poor. I know a lot of mid/upper class Black people like myself. Welfare couldn't do a thing for me. I wouldn't accept it if it was given to me. Im a tax payer like most of my fellow African Americans.

[@thenationalcalifornian1204]

My ancestors where indeed in that succesful group.

[@ladybluelotus]

Yup.

[@risingspiritcartomancyread7739]

There is a 40 min movie made by a Wilmington student by the name of Oliver Nelson in film school. It is called 'The Red Cape' and it is about the 1898 riots. I worked with the students on their film. It was a hard film to work on, very emotional to see how African Americans were treated. This was in 2008. Check it out, 'The Red Cape'.

[@risingspiritcartomancyread7739]

Apologies, the name of the student is Nelson Oliver. I had it backwards.

[@PreechTv]

where can i find it, please send the link

[@matthewhaynes6667]

I’m from North Carolina and they never taught this in school

[@juancarlosfigueroasolis2464]

90 years without a black rep? That’s disgusting

[@eddielacrosse2]

@Sheldon Earthstein as a Black person, I will tell you why. Imagine if your culture didn't have proper representation in the government in which you live under and pay taxes to. No policies would have your cultures needs taken into consideration, because there is no proper source of education about said culture. Its happens in the media as well

[@TS-qq7vr]

Women went longer than that.

[@kellymolly3616]

@@eddielacrosse2 don't worry, we'll rise again 👊

[@truthray2885]

That last line says it all - "And if you don't see it for what it really is, it can happen all over again."

[@shannonbowen7988]

And it did.

[@TheJediAndTheNinja]

The scariest part was that they almost did again but instead the entire us government

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

I grew up there and was never taught this. Not all that shocking. We as Americans happen to be some of the most propagandized people on the planet as much as we like to point the finger at our adversaries for doing the same. This is comparable to how many people are *just* now learning about the Tulsa massacre however. Something else that I was never taught in school but my family would bring up. And because school never taught it (hid it by omission basically) I began to question at one point whether my family and other Black elders were either making it up or exaggerating details of it 🤦🏾‍♂️. Nothing to be ashamed of though. History is written by the victors. The incredibly whitewashed legacy of MLK is another prime example of that. It's important that the info is coming out though.

[@Lobstrique]

the amount of research must be uncanny! looking forward to this series!

[@Vox]

thanks Mary! we spent a few weeks researching this one, and the historians in the piece were critical in moving that forward -- along with libraries like the New Hanover County Library, where we were able to get our hands on the primary source materials. thanks again for watching! - Ranjani

[@Kinghercules]

This is just Black history. Most of Black ppl grew up knowing this.

[@devanj1000]

Kinghercules that’s actually false

[@Kinghercules]

@@devanj1000 I said most not all. Its true because everyone that Ive met in college knew the history before they got in college.

[@devanj1000]

Kinghercules that’s still saying the majority of black people know this information which isn’t the case sense it’s been erased from a lot of text. I do agree that SOME black people know but not MOST.

[@tanyawilson4133]

The media doesn't show black people in a positive way unless they are playing sports

[@Ekimm84]

Or rappin

[@dielit1738]

Oprah Winfrey.. Will Smith, Denzel Washington, etc .. i guess they were all sportsmen

[@tanyawilson4133]

I expect that from someone like you because you don't understand

[@andiwol4566]

I understand but that's simply not the case anymore

[@NervousOne15]

^^^THIS^^^

[@paisan8766]

January 6th, 2021 has entered the chat

[@beloved3124]

the more things change, the more things stay the same

[@rockellc7467]

It’s so sad that America will never know it’s true history because of the shame, but will be the first to point out another’s.

[@vrintige]

Yup. Always how it goes. Expose everyone else, and hide our own dirt.

[@atlien1988]

There is no shame. America jist figured out how to be racist covertly. As you can see, they take great pride in their racist history.

[@jonothandoeser]

@@atlien1988 Then why did they hide it?

[@macmen007]

Actually, many DO KNOW! Some refuse to read, and the media controls the agenda. The atrocities committed are overwhelming to a point WAY past shame and humiliation. No person wants to bear that load... none will. This is precisely why the judgement MUST be rendered by the SON of YAH. Isaiah 14:21 “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.”

[@brownerjerry174]

@@jonothandoeser so that others who they blame doesn't blame america too in return,,,

[@DetroitLives313]

The next time you hear someone say "just get over it" to a black person, direct them to this video.

[@truckinon1871]

DetroitLives313 Amen. Detroit Love

[@CM-oy2kd]

DetroitLives313 more and more blacks are saying it in these day

[@DetroitLives313]

@C M I have personally never heard a black person in America say that and I know more than a few. If you have heard that, I suggest you direct them to this video.

[@jaimesolis8362]

Pffff. Black folks aint the only people that have been subjected to slavery, oppression, and sabotage. If the rest of the world gotta get over it so do American black folk...

[@helenahickmon8971]

Jaime Solis you sound real ignorant! Get over your ignorance and accept the truth!!Truth hurts so much , doesn’t it????

[@tierrapetersen4651]

2021 history repeats itself...so sad.

[@Hollowdude15]

Awesome video Vox :]

[@Bae_Cop2027]

10:33 she says they've "struggled" to accurately depict Wilmington's history in textbooks. Struggled would insinuate that it's difficult. That's not the case here-they purposely covered it up.

[@jurisgirl4479]

They sure did.

[@pilot4910]

but they for sure can accurately describe how great christopher columbus/ george washington were

[@pakde8002]

The Daughters of the Confederacy were very active in sanitizing and mythologizing the civil war and post civil war period. That's one reason there are so many statues of civil war generals.

[@urzmontst.george6314]

@@pilot4910 Of course. With video footage.

[@nguyenhuy2163]

It's crazy to think that the rights that you're enjoying can just go away in a blink of an eye.

[@berrysantics2342]

ls7orBust2 solving violence with violence just creates more death

[@boiboiboi1419]

Just like feudal times right? Everyone have arms and anarchist, bigger gang controls bigger thing , is that what you want ?

[@inamib.9786]

cphginger aristocracy has nothing to do with the most capable people

[@Oceanatornowk]

ls7orBust2 they literally said that armed men are the reason this happened in the first place

[@inamib.9786]

cphginger aristocracy actually means “rule of the best born”. It doesn’t have to do with being the most capable, but being a part of the nobility

[@JoyInTheLight]

Something similar happened in every city/state that had a sizeable Black population: After the Civil War and reconstruction era began, many Black people settled, all over the South too, and became involved in the government process, they voted, held offices, were engaged citizens. Soon after, you have the formation and appearance of Klu Klux Klan... Killings, lynchings, and violence against Blacks were tactics they used to try prevent and exclude Blacks from being involved in politics, creating better economic futures for future generations, etc. Creating and passing Jim Crows laws for the sole purpose of making those killings and violence legal was the next step. We had to go look for our history because oral histories that we tried to pass down were stolen or cut off when our people were killed -just to make a statement or remind us that we weren't supposed to try to better ourselves.

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Superb reporting, many thanks 👏✌

[@gailbetty1392]

WOW! The same thing happened in Oklahoma, in the 1930s. This is education. Thank you for this video.

[@MarkHayes-ue7hs]

And in Florida, right? I believe it's more than what we know.

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

@@MarkHayes-ue7hs yep, Rosewood

[@waterbornesapper7953]

Can you site references, please? I have a history page on Facebook I like to post historical stories on.

[@teknique8292]

Waterborne Sapper what is the name of your page?

[@MarkHayes-ue7hs]

@@waterbornesapper7953 They made movies about it, HBO made Watchmen about it. Research it.

[@ilovecarlitoganja206]

‘When White Suprematists Overthrew the Government and Never Let It Go’ That should be the name of this story.

[@luvitluvitbaby]

Private Number It doesn’t go both ways. There is no history of black governments imposing apartheid or Jim Crow-style laws on white populations or openly condoning, participating and/or encouraging their murder at the hands of the black citizenry. There is no history of any white population anywhere in the world having to conduct a non-violent multi-decade civil and human rights movement that resulted in many of them being brutally murdered or maimed. Try again.

[@alvaroakatico9188]

New Wave You need to put your response in big bold letters, and the ones disagreeing will have a hard time refuting it.

[@jakerupp2113]

I'm sorry are you not free to do as you please in today's age?

[@mamapapaxp]

@@jakerupp2113 . Put simply, succinctly, plainly and truthfully; in much of modern America? If you are non-white? ... No.

[@samwomack45]

G O “blacks did some farming” is the dumbest, most ignorant, thing I’ve read on this post. Black people built the White House, fought in EVERY American war, be it willingly or unwillingly, and built the economy of the American South from the ground up. They then started some of the most prestigious colleges and universities, companies, and political parties. Maybe if racist white people of the Reconstruction era and today weren’t so paranoid about having to live in a Multiracial society, then African Americans would be much closer to equity and equality in today’s society.

[@AnonymousButNott]

I remember learning about this just a couple years ago in middle school, but I never realized how important it actually was, or the aftermath of it.