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The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, [6] was a coup d'état and a massacre which was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. [7] The white press in Wilmington originally described the event as a ...
Robert F. Williams. Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeeded in integrating the local public library and swimming pool in Monroe.
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad (W&W) name began use in 1855, having been originally chartered as the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in 1834. [1] When it opened in 1840, the line was the longest railroad in the world with 161.5 miles (259.9 km) of track. [2] It was constructed in 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) gauge. [3]
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store — now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum — in Greensboro, North Carolina, [1] which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. [2]
Josh Shaffer. September 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Hidden off Peace Street inside a no-man’s-land of weeds and gravel, a relic of Raleigh’s steel-rail past still rumbles and clangs like a steam ...
Cora Lily Woodard Aycock (October 11, 1868 – March 13, 1952) was an American political hostess, farmer, and railway executive. As the second wife of Governor Charles Brantley Aycock, she served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. While her husband was an outspoken white supremacist and segregationist, she was known to be rather ...
In October, nearly 66,000 passengers rode the NC by Train service provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the single highest monthly ridership recorded by NCDOT.
Atlantic and North Carolina Company: NS: 1905 1906 Norfolk and Southern Railway: Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad: ANC NS: 1852 1989 North Carolina Railroad: Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad: SOU: 1855 1894 Southern Railway: Atlantic and Western Railroad: 1889 1927 Atlantic and Western Railway: Atlantic and Yadkin Railway: SOU: 1899 ...