The Coup in Clues

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Across
  1. 4. : What history books maintained about the event for nearly a century.
  2. 5. : What the coup left behind for generations to reckon with.
  3. 8. : The only U.S. city where a successful coup occurred.
  4. 9. : What truly occurred—not a riot, but a forceful seizure of power.
Down
  1. 1. : Newspaper burned to silence Black voices.
  2. 2. : Paramilitary group that used fear to suppress voters.
  3. 3. : Editor of Wilmington’s Black-owned paper who dared to speak truth to power.
  4. 6. : The published piece used to justify the violence.
  5. 7. : The legal system born from the aftermath.