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DESCRIPTION:News from the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUU
 F)\nERUUF to Host Discussion\, Book Signing with Author\, Pulitzer Prize-W
 inning Journalist David Zucchino \nFor Release: Immediate        \nDURHAM\
 , NC– (January 23\, 2020) – Meet the Author: David Zucchino\, winner of th
 e Pulitzer Prize in Journalism\, who will discuss his new book\, Wilmingto
 n's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy. This 
 little-known historical event massacred at least 60 black men and led to t
 he disenfranchisement of black voters in North Carolina for the next 60 ye
 ars.     \nThe discussion will take place at the Eno River Unitarian Unive
 rsalist Fellowship (4907 Garrett Rd.\, Durham\, NC) on Sunday\, February 9
 \, 2020\, 1:00 pm. Book signing to follow.\nAlso\, in attendance will be D
 r. Henry C. McKoy\, Jr.\, Economic Chairperson for the Durham Committee on
  the Affairs of Black People\, current Director of Entrepreneurship at NCC
 U\, and faculty at the Flagler School of Business at UNC Chapel Hill\, who
  will introduce Zucchino.\nAbout the Book \nWilmington's Lie: The Murderou
 s Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy\, published January 7\, 202
 0\, has been named an “Amazon Best Book” of January 2020.\n“Usually\, when
  we read history\, we at least have a cursory knowledge of the subject at 
 hand. Sometimes\, however\, a book comes along that just surprises. How di
 d we not know about this before? we ask ourselves. Wilmington’s Lie is suc
 h a book. After the Civil War\, Wilmington\, North Carolina prospered. It 
 was the state’s largest city\, with a busy port and a mixed-race community
  that featured a burgeoning black middle class. But in 1898\, a group of w
 hite supremacists decided to do something to turn back the page. David Zuc
 chino’s well-researched book delivers an account of one of the few times a
  group of people has violently overthrown the government in this country. 
 Although the violence that swept over Wilmington’s black community was lat
 er covered up as “a race riot\,” this was a blatant act of racism\, a brut
 al stab for power. We did not have to wait long for the first great histor
 y book of the new decade.” —Chris Schluep\, Amazon Review \nThe book has a
 lso garnered positive reviews from The New York Times and The Wall Street 
 Journal\, among other notable publications.\n“Sometimes history’s greatest
  waves leave their most vivid traces on the most local of events. In ‘Wilm
 ington’s Lie\,’ David Zucchino offers a gripping account of one of the mos
 t disturbing\, though virtually unknown\, political events in American his
 tory. He opens with a terse verbal jolt: ‘The killers came by streetcar.’ 
 From this ominous beginning\, the ruthless 1898 massacre of blacks in Wilm
 ington\, N.C.\, by the members of a white-supremacist conspiracy roars to 
 its tragic conclusion. It is a grim but fascinating story\, and an instruc
 tive one.”—Fergus M. Bordewich\, The Wall Street Journal\n“The first two p
 arts of the book move in a deliberate fashion. Zucchino…does not overwrite
  the scenes. His moral judgment stands at a distance. He simply describes 
 what happened and the lies told to justify it all…The details contained in
  the last part of the book are heart-wrenching. With economy and a cinemat
 ic touch\, Zucchino recounts the brutal assault on black Wilmington.” .”—E
 ddie S. Glaude\, Jr.\, The New York Times\n“A searing and still-relevant t
 ale of racial injustice at the turn of the 20th century . . . [C]lear and 
 appropriately outraged . . . A book that does history a service by uncover
 ing a shameful episode\, one that resonates strongly today.”—Kirkus Review
 s\, starred review\n“Wilmington’s Lie is riveting and meticulously reporte
 d and powerfully written. It is also scalding and revelatory. As David Zuc
 chino shows with relentless drama\, the end of the Civil War was not the e
 nd of slavery but the beginning of a period more terrifying\, the unchecke
 d rise of white supremacy that culminated in a day of unparalleled blood i
 n a North Carolina coastal town. It is a forgotten chapter in American his
 tory. Zucchino has now made it an unforgettable one.”—Buzz Bissinger\, aut
 hor of Friday Night Lights\n“David Zucchino is one of the finest foreign c
 orrespondents I have ever worked with in 40 years of journalism. Now imagi
 ne you take someone with David’s reporting skills and transport him back i
 n history to 1898 and Wilmington\, North Carolina. And you tell him to tel
 l us the story of the only violent overthrow of an elected government in A
 merican history. It was perpetrated by white supremacists seeking to rever
 se the remarkable advances in racial pluralism in Wilmington of that day—a
  positive example that was primed to spread throughout the state\, and bey
 ond. What you end up with is a gripping\, cannot-put-down book that is bot
 h history and a distant mirror on just how much can go wrong in this great
  country of ours when populist politicians play the race card without rest
 raint.”—Thomas Friedman\n“A staggeringly great book\, both thrilling and t
 ragic\, shining light on a dark passage of American history.”—Tim Weiner\,
  National Book Award–winning author of Legacy of Ashes\nAbout the Author 
 \nDavid Zucchino is a contributing writer for The New York Times. He has c
 overed wars and civil conflicts in more than three dozen countries. Zucchi
 no was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his dispatches from apartheid South Af
 rica and is a four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting from Ira
 q\, Lebanon\, Africa\, and inner-city Philadelphia. He is the author of Th
 under Run and Myth of the Welfare Queen.\n \nAbout Eno River Unitarian Uni
 versalist Fellowship \nEstablished in 1966 and now with 735 members\, ERUU
 F (www.eruuf.org) presents services at 4907 Garrett Rd.\, Durham\, NC\, 27
 707 at 9:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Sundays.  All are welcome. https://eruuf.o
 rg/calendar/calendar-view/event/8132-meet-the-author-david-zucchino.html
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