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Oct 27, 2023 · Nov. 9. Wreath laying ceremony: The city of Wilmington and New Hanover County present this ceremony to honor the victims of 1898. 9 a.m. Nov. 9 at 1898 Memorial Park on North Third Street. 1898 ...
- John Staton
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Jan 8, 2021 · A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol Police after the group stormed the building on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. In 1898, white supremacists in Wilmington, N.C., led what is known as the only ...
Nov 10, 2023 · RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, 11/10/2023 — In November 1898, the multiracial government of Wilmington, North Carolina, was overthrown by white supremacists in a deadly massacre and coup d’état. As the city of Wilmington marks 125 years since those harrowing events, PBS North Carolina announces the Wilmington 1898 Documentary Project (working ...
Nov 10, 2023 · Remembering the Wilmington Massacre of 1898. RALEIGH, N.C. — Nov. 10 marks 125 years since the Wilmington Massacre, when white supremacists murdered many of the city’s Black leaders and forced others to leave town. Spectrum News 1 spoke with a woman whose great-grandmother witnessed the massacre and a historian about the impact the ...
- Siobhan Riley
Jan 7, 2020 · Often called the Wilmington Massacre, early history described it as an unfortunate event where blacks were planning a race riot to overthrow whites. What history uncovered was a highly structured ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Please join the Coastal Review Press Club or put your business in the Sponsor Spotlight to support the coverage your care about. Learn More Give or Sponsor. Winner of 5 North Carolina Press Association awards in 2023. Numerous events are scheduled in the coming weeks to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre of Nov. 10, 1898.
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The Wilmington Coup of 1898 was not an act of spontaneous violence. The events of November 10, 1898, were the result of a long-range campaign strategy by Democratic Party leaders to regain political control of Wilmington—at that time state’s most populous city—and North Carolina in the name of white supremacy. In 1894, a Populist and ...
