They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy Emily Franklin She knows she’s supposed to

She knows she’s supposed to suppress her sinful dreams of a monogamous life with her sweetheart

she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors

Chapters cover the folklore of bees and bee culture — from Egyptian

Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family

Clover spends so much time with the dying that she has no life of her own

They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy Emily Franklin She knows she’s supposed toIn this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, North Carolina, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long term effects of the 1898 white supremacist massacre and coup and its critical role in subverting American democracy After the Civil War, Reconstruction ushered in an era of political equality and economic opportunity for Black people, and it lasted longer in Wilmington