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The events in Wilmington in Nov. 10, 1898 was referred to as a race riot by the North Carolina Legislature in 2000 when it set up the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission. That is the term used to this day (2018) by the State Archives of North Carolina , North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources , [ 143 ] and the State Library ...
Locals reflect on how much has changed since the 100th anniversary in 1998, and on what needs to happen for Wilmington to fully reckon with its past. Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre at 125 ...
Nov. 10 marks the 126th anniversary of a dark day in Wilmington's history: the coup and massacre of 1898, when armed white supremacists organized by some of the town's leading citizens killed ...
Alfred Moore Waddell (September 16, 1834 – March 17, 1912) was an American politician and white supremacist.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina between 1871 and 1879 and as mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina from 1898 to 1906.
Wilmington has a significant number of events marking the 125th anniversary of 1898, from lectures and film screenings to concerts, memorials & more.
Wilmington, Port of North Carolina. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 087249778X. John L. Godwin (2000). Black Wilmington and the North Carolina Way: Portrait of a Community in the Era of Civil Rights Protest. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-1682-9. Alan D. Watson (2003). Wilmington, North Carolina, to 1861.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 conspirators (10 P) Pages in category "Wilmington insurrection of 1898" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The usual collection of Wilmington events and food news includes the remembering 1898 and honoring our veterans Port City Life Newsletter: Somber and celebratory as Wilmington marks 1898, Veterans Day