For decades, generations even, it was almost like Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre never happened. Actively suppressed almost immediately after it occurred, it would be nearly a century before the ...

It’s been over 125 years since hundreds of African Americans were killed in Wilmington by white supremacists, who feared the success of the port city’s thriving Black middle class on the political and ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Nov. 10 marks the 126th anniversary of a dark day in Wilmington's history: the coup and massacre of 1898, when armed white ...

New Hanover County Schools recently announced it will include the 1898 massacre in its fourth-grade social studies curriculum. That means the insurrection that killed as many as 300 Black ...

Black and white people shared political and economic power for many years in the port city of Wilmington, N.C., in the late 1800s. It was surprisingly integrated, but that peaceful coexistence did not ...

Nov. 10 marks the 125th anniversary of what is arguably the darkest day in Wilmington's history: the coup and massacre of 1898. On that day, a white supremacist mob organized by leading Wilmington ...

Editor's note: This encore edition of Due South originally aired Feb. 6, 2024. The podcast Scene on Radio recently launched its sixth season, “Echoes of a Coup,” right on the heels of the anniversary ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Many events commemorating the 125th anniversary of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre and coup d’état are set to take place throughout the month of November. “Talking about an ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new museum coming to Wilmington will look at the impact of the city's 1898 race massacre. The Wilmington 1898 Museum for Healing, Education, and Democracy will be built on ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank, announced it is shooting a short ...