Event Schedule
Doors open at 6 PM.
The Welcome and Film Introduction starts at 6:30 PM
Film starting at 6:40 PM
Panel Discussion at 7:30 PM
Audience Q&A – 7:45 PM
Join WABE, in partnership with The Atlanta History Center and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, for a special American Coup: Wilmington 1898 screening before it airs on PBS. Guests will get to see an exclusive preview of the film and hear a panel discussion moderated by WABE’s Rose Scott with filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein, Dr. Crystal Sanders, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, and DJ Sims, Director of the Truth + Transformation Initiative at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898. Stoking fears of “Negro Rule,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically elected, multi-racial government.
