Wilmington, North Carolina (1898)

In 1896 the segregationist Democratic Party lost to a coalition of the white Populist Part "Fusionists" and the African American Republicans.

The 1898 election with Democrats on the winning side was won by stuffing of ballot boxes. After the win, white Americans physically removed African American government officials and destroyed a newspaper office owned by an African American person. African Americans were also shot at in public, the 24 hours after the election official reports say at leat 25 African Americans were killed. However it's possible the number was well over 100 dead. The effect of this riot causes over 2000 African American and white Fusionists to emigrate.