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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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Uchronia is currently an English word-in-formation, a neologism, that is sometimes used in its original meaning as a straightforward synonym for alternate history,[1][2][3][4] a genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events going in new, imaginary directions. However, it has also begun to refer to other related concepts.[5]
In the Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, and Galician languages, the words uchronie, ucronia, and ucronía are native terms for alternate history from which the English loanword uchronia derives. The word is composed of the Greek prefix οὐ- ("not", "not any", and "no") and the Greek word χρόνος (chronos) "time", to describe a story set in "no time"; it was formed by analogy with the word utopia, a story set in "no place". It was coined by Charles Renouvier for his 1876 novel Uchronie, whose full title translated into English is Uchronia (Utopia in History), an Apocryphal Sketch of the Development of European Civilization Not as It Was But as It Might Have Been.[6]
The English word, as a synonym for alternate history, has been applied for example to novels like Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle[7] and Philip Roth's The Plot Against America.[8] However, another developing definition of uchronia is a larger umbrella category of fiction that encompasses alternate history, parallel universes, and stories based in futuristic or non-temporal settings.[9][10][11] Yet another use of the term is for a genre of story rooted in divergences from actual history that originate as more gradual or micro-level changes, in contrast to alternate history, whose divergences have tended to be rooted in sudden and macro-level changes.[12]
Furthermore, the goal of uchronia is sometimes now focused away from the traditional purpose of fiction as mere entertainment instead towards more practical applications in social and political discourse. In this context, it can refer to a re-imagining of a more positive history of a place than the current one, with real-world value in its implications and proposed solutions to social problems.[10][13] Thus, as used by some scholars, uchronia is an alternative or whole new model for sociopolitical thinking, and not simply a genre of storytelling.[14]
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Uchronia is currently an English word-in-formation, a neologism, that is sometimes used in its original meaning as a straightforward synonym for alternate history, a genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events going in new, imaginary directions. However, it has also begun to refer to other related concepts. In the Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, and Galician languages, the words uchronie, ucronia, and ucronía are native terms for alternate history from which the English loanword uchronia derives. The word is composed of the Greek prefix οὐ- ("not", "not any", and "no") and the Greek word χρόνος (chronos) "time", to describe a story set in "no time"; it was formed by analogy with the word utopia, a story set in "no place". It was coined by Charles Renouvier for his 1876 novel Uchronie, whose full title translated into English is Uchronia (Utopia in History), an Apocryphal Sketch of the Development of European Civilization Not as It Was But as It Might Have Been. The English word, as a synonym for alternate history, has been applied for example to novels like Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Philip Roth's The Plot Against America. However, another developing definition of uchronia is a larger umbrella category of fiction that encompasses alternate history, parallel universes, and stories based in futuristic or non-temporal settings. Yet another use of the term is for a genre of story rooted in divergences from actual history that originate as more gradual or micro-level changes, in contrast to alternate history, whose divergences have tended to be rooted in sudden and macro-level changes. Furthermore, the goal of uchronia is sometimes now focused away from the traditional purpose of fiction as mere entertainment instead towards more practical applications in social and political discourse. In this context, it can refer to a re-imagining of a more positive history of a place than the current one, with real-world value in its implications and proposed solutions to social problems. Thus, as used by some scholars, uchronia is an alternative or whole new model for sociopolitical thinking, and not simply a genre of storytelling.
Uchronia: The Alternate History List is an online general-interest book database containing a bibliography of alternate history novels, stories, essays and other printed material. It is owned and operated by Robert B. Schmunk. Uchronia was twice selected as the Sci Fi Channel's "Sci Fi Site of the Week."
Uchronia is 2026 film directed, edited and co-produced by Fil Ieropoulos, written by Foivos Dousos. It is inspired by Arthur Rimbaud's Une Saison en Enfer and follows the ghost of Rimbaud as he travels through time meeting queer, revolutionary figures from across the 20th century including Emma Goldman, Marsha P. Johnson and David Wojnarowicz. The films's executive producers include Charlie Kaufman. It premiered in the Forum Expanded section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on 17 February 2026. It won the Wild Dreamer Award for Best Documentary at the Subversive Festival. After release it also screened at the 40th BFI Flare. in London, Subversive Festival in Zagreb, Wicked Queer in Boston, Prismatic Ground in New York and MIX México.
Fascisti su Marte (Fascists on Mars) is a 2006 Italian film, directed by Corrado Guzzanti and Igor Skofic. Based on the sketches made by Corrado Guzzanti as part of the TV program Il caso Scafroglia (2002), this movie is a uchronia, a “satirical exercise” in historical scifi-revisionism, filmed as a pseudo-documentary and parodying the style of the Istituto Luce newsreels during the Italian Fascist regime. The film was presented at the 2006 Rome International Film Festival, and in 2007 it was nominated for a David di Donatello for Best Original Song.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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