Talk:Alexander Manly

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Destructive Edit[edit]

The unexplained and apparently wrongheaded revert of Hardisonn to last version by Beetstra is destructive. Beetstra removed the link to Alexander Manly's papers at UNC.

The correct link to http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0065/ will be reinstated and the unsourced material in this article will be removed. Skywriter (talk) 20:22, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additions for context[edit]

Manly was part of a larger picture than simply the target of part of the Wilmington Insurrection, so provided more background material about this period. Some of the racial tensions culminated after the insurrection with the Democratic-dominated state legislature passing a suffrage amendment in 1899, resulting in the disenfranchisement of most African Americans in the state, a devastating turn that was maintained into the late 20th century. Manly worked for a short time for Congressman George Henry White from NC, the only African American in Congress during his two terms, who announced after that amendment was passed that he would not run for a third term. He went north and became even more successful. Parkwells (talk) 01:09, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

It seems that the article relies heavily on an 1898 source, despite more recent writing and the study done by the city of the 1898 Insurrection. More recent sources on people and events should be used and cited.Parkwells (talk) 01:21, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Only" U.S. coup d'etat?[edit]

There are two events just in the post-WW II history of Tennessee alone that could qualify as such, the 1946 Battle of Athens (Tennessee) where a group of recently discharged war veterans took over the McMinn County Courthouse by force of arms when it became apparent that the "Old Guard" had no intent of counting ballots honestly, and the 1979 overthrow of Governor of Tennessee Ray Blanton three days before his term was supposed to end when it became apparent that he was selling pardons to the families of prisoners. 2600:1004:B11C:3887:8DB6:D08B:DFED:4F79 (talk) 03:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]