Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement from the John Locke Foundation. For decades, generations even, it was almost like Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre never happened.

(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 ...

When the nascent naval power invaded Puerto Rico, three artists captured the moment, each explaining its significance in their own way Taína Caragol - Curator, National Portrait Gallery The summer of ...

“Batalla en la Bahía de Manila, 1 de mayo del 1898 (Battle of Manila Bay May 1, 1898),” (1899) by Ildefonso Sanz y Doménech. Oil on canvas. The painting is part of the National Portrait Gallery’s ...

On Nov. 10, 1898, a mob descended on the offices of The Daily Record, a Black-owned newspaper in Wilmington, N.C. The armed men then moved into the streets and opened fire as Black men fled for their ...

Speech by Alfred Moore Waddell: Men, the crisis is upon us. You must do your duty. This city, county, and state shall be rid of negro domination once and forever. You are the sons of noble ancestry.

At the tail end of the 19th century Sonoma County was alive with change. See photos of daily life in 1898. At the tail end of the 19th century Sonoma County was alive with change. Railroads linked the ...

The 1898 Spanish-American War was fought over Spanish atrocities in Cuba. The American public had been hearing and reading about Spanish crimes in Cuba for years. The war over Cuba had unintended ...

A mob celebrates in front of the burned Love & Charity Hall which housed the black-owned and -edited newspaper, The Daily Record. Courtesy of New Hanover County Public Library. This is the story of ...

A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a town to overthrow the elected government. Following state elections in 1898, white supremacists moved into the US port of ...

1898 The Post, a new 37-room hotel in the northern city of Ghent, Belgium, has laid its roots in an unusual location. Owned by Zannier Hotels, who also operate a luxury resort near Siem Reap, Cambodia ...