A Day of Blood

Download or read book A Day of Blood written by LeRae Sikes Umfleet and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2009, the revised edition includes a foreword by Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson, Chair of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and Dean of the School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities at Shaw University. In this thoroughly researched, definitive study, LeRae Umfleet examines the actions that precipitated the coup; the details of what happened in Wilmington on November 10, 1898; and the long-term impact of that day in both North Carolina and across the nation.