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Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. Katherine Mayo Cowan (January 10, 1883 – December 5, 1975) was the first woman mayor in North Carolina , [ 1 ] and as of 2021, the only woman to serve as mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina .
She was the editor and publisher of the Wilmington Journal, the oldest black newspaper in North Carolina. She played a key role in the pardon of the Wilmington Ten . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
This category is for people who were buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Pages in category "Burials at Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington, North Carolina)" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024.
Because existing cemeteries were becoming crowded, a group of citizens bought a 65-acre tract of land east of Burnt Mill Creek, east of the town limits. [1] The first interment was Annie DeRosset, age 6, on February 5, 1855.
The Wilmington Journal is a newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is North Carolina's oldest existing newspaper for African Americans. [1] [2] R. S. Jervay established the paper in 1927. It continued under his son Thomas C. Jervay Sr. [3]
WECT (channel 6) is a television station in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC.It is owned by Gray Media alongside Telemundo affiliate WTWL-LD (channel 31); Gray provides certain services to Fox affiliate WSFX-TV (channel 26) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with American Spirit Media.
I]t was an ardent advocacy of white supremacy-a view never more strongly demonstrated than in its coverage of the Wilmington race riots of 1898." [5] In 1927, R. W. Page bought the Morning Star, and in 1929 bought the city's afternoon newspaper, the Wilmington News-Dispatch, which was later shortened to simply the Wilmington News.