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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 municipal-level coup d'état and a massacre that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. [7]
The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894–1901 was called a seminal work by historians Jeffrey Crow and Robert Durden. [1] A review in The Journal of Negro History wrote "Miss Edmonds has pointed the way in her penetrating study of the brief survival of effective participation by Negroes in the politics of one of the less backward and underdeveloped Southern states at the end of ...
The Colonization and Contributions of Emmigrants Brought to Southeastern North Carolina by Hugh MacRae (MA). Appalachian State Teachers College. Lowery, J. Vincent (2013). "The Transatlantic Dreams of the Port City Prophet: The Rural Reform Campaign of Hugh MacRae". The North Carolina Historical Review. 90 (3): 288– 324. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR ...
Promoting local Black pioneers and even offering walking tours, the museum keeps history alive while also promoting efforts today to make a difference Wilmington's only museum for Black history ...
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington College of Arts and Science departments of Theatre, Music and Art share a state-of-the-art, $34 million Cultural Arts Building, which opened in December 2006. The production area consists of a music recital hall, art gallery, and two theaters. Sponsored events include 4 theater productions a year ...
Slavery has been part of North Carolina's history since its colonization by white Europeans in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Many of the first black enslaved people in North Carolina were brought to the colony from the West Indies , but a significant number were brought from Africa.
For the first time in its 50-plus-year history, the UNC System Board of Governors will be led by an officer team composed entirely of women.. The board, which oversees all of North Carolina’s ...
Manly in the 1880s. Alexander Lightfoot Manly (May 13, 1866 – October 5, 1944) was an American newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. [1] With his brother, Frank G. Manly, as co-owner, he published the Daily Record, the state's only daily African-American newspaper and possibly the nation's only black-owned daily newspaper.