In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a new America. Residents of the ...

Wilmington recently marked the 127th anniversary of the 1898 coup and massacre. The event, considered the only successful coup on U.S. soil, involved armed Whites killing dozens of Black residents and ...

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 examines how a white mob overthrew the democratically elected interracial government of a North Carolina town. Credit: Courtesy Image / American Experience Just in time ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington continues its remembrance of the events of 1898 with events throughout the month to commemorate the 127th anniversary of the darkest chapter in the city’s long ...

*The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington community gathered to remember the 1898 massacre and coup, marking nearly 130 years since the attack that historians call the only successful coup in American ...

Book one. Days of hope -- Cake and wine -- Good will of the white people -- Lying out -- Marching to the happy land -- Ye men of unmixed blood -- The avenger cometh -- Destiny of the negro -- A yaller ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The community attended a book signing event on Saturday. The event was held at Front Street Market and Produce in Wilmington. Wilmington native, Dr. Steven Harrison, signed ...

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The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

A man was arrested late Saturday night after allegedly driving recklessly on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and fleeing from law enforcement when they attempted to pull him over. FD says firefighters ...