Democracy’s Denial: Revolutions in Wilmington (1898 and after): The only coup d’etat in U.S. history—and its long aftermath: as told by the principal participants, read by their direct descendants; and transformed in popular culture.

1. Cape Fear: racist victories: the Plessy v. Ferguson decision; and the plot to “redeem” North Carolina from the “threat” of desegregation turns into a bloody riot
2. Centuries Turning: propaganda, Wilmington grapples with another riot, and reconciliation