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Yves here. This is a fascinating, if also deeply disturbing account of how a prosperous black community was attacked after North Carolina blacks also were starting to get political power by teaming up with white populists and Republicans. And you’ll see that “coup” is indeed the correct description. The fact that the Wilmington coup was a durable success and no perp was held to account was proof that the white backlash against rising blacks would go unchecked. If you were a Black person in America in the 1890s, you wanted to live in Brooklyn. Not Brooklyn, New York. No, you wanted to ...

Gahanna police release identity of deceased Brookhill Drive woman, say suspect shot self ThisWeek group The Gahanna Division of Police has identified 47-year-old Linda Purdy as the woman who apparently died from a gunshot wound at 131 Brookhill Drive on Feb. 4. Approximately 9:02 p.m. Feb 4, the Gahanna Division of Police responded to a call at the residence on a report of an alleged stabbing.  Police found Purdy, who was dead, in a recliner chair in the front living room with head injuries, reports said. On Feb. 5, Gahanna police reported that she had died from an apparent gunshot wound and...