How The Only Coup D'Etat In U.S. History Unfolded : NPR

How The Only Coup D'Etat In U.S. History Unfolded : NPR   Especially chilling was the fact that the insurgency had been carefully planned — a conspiracy by powerful white Democrats.

Southern Democrats lost their grip on power in North Carolina in 1894 and plotted to wrest control from the biracial Republican Party in 1898 elections. They campaigned on a platform of white supremacy and protecting their women from black men.