Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-11-05
Books mentioned on The Wilmington Massacre
In the late 1800s, white supremacists in Wilmington, NC staged a coup and bloody massacre of its black citizens in order to stem the tide of black progress and stifle the vote. This is that story.
Josh Clark discussed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“And if you've ever seen or read To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch says this is the most taboo thing in all of Southern culture. A white person, a white woman specifically, willingly sleeping with a black man.”
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