David Zucchino

“A new voter registration law gave registrars authority to ask a potential voter any “material” question regarding identity and qualifications. To help identify blacks for disqualification, the law required registrars to write down applicants’ race.”
― David Zucchino, Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

“The killings in Wilmington inspired whites across the South. The white supremacy campaign demonstrated that determined whites could whittle down the black vote and black officeholders, first through terror and violence and then by legislation. Wilmington’s whites had proved that the federal government would reproach them but not stop them. Inspired by the sweeping success of North Carolina’s grandfather clause, other Southern states adopted variations of the law—Alabama in 1901, Virginia in 1902, Georgia in 1908, and Oklahoma in 1910. Even Charles Aycock was awed. “It’s a glorious victory that we have won,” he said. “And the very extent of it frightens me.”
― David Zucchino, Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy