Primary Source

Red Shirts in North Carolina

North Carolina State Archives via Flickr

A group of men of varying ages stand in front of a building wearing a variety of mis-matched shirts with light colored trim that seem intended to be a uniform of sorts. — A group of Red Shirts pose at the polls, 1898.

Source: North Carolina State Archives.

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Lesson Plan

Stolen Power: The Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état of 1898

This lesson explores the Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état of 1898 by examining the events and political environment leading up to and the people and groups involved in the massacre and coup.