What incident prompted the racial violence in Wilmington,North Carolina?

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The editorial in the local black newspaper that condemned white men and suggested that black men had sexual liaisons with white women was seen as a direct challenge to the white supremacist ideology that supported segregation in Wilmington. The editorial provoked a fierce response from white supremacists who incited violence against the black community. This violence ultimately led to a massacre in 1898 in which white supremacists seized power from the duly elected black and white fusion government and imposed a regime of segregation and disenfranchisement that lasted for decades.

What Incident Prompted the Racial Violence in Wilmington,North Carolina