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The Wilmington Race Riot memorial took nearly 10 years to legally establish. It was officially created almost a century to the day of when the massacre occurred in Wilmington. The six oars are meant to represent change, as well as diversity. This…

This report sets fourth all the research conducted by the Wilmington Race Riot Commission, as well as the 1898 Foundation. Each of the organizations work together to establish the Wilmington Race Riot Memorial. This report is essentially a mission…

This senate bill created in 1999 helped to establish the Wilmington Race Riot Commission that would eventually create the Wilmington Race Riot memorial in Wilmington, NC. The Commission sought out to commemorate the horrible events that happened on…

Mayor Waddell, after taking over the position of Mayor in Wilmington, assures the people of the town that order will be restored. He asks for law and order among black and white people alike. He says this is essential for establishing a permanent,…

This political cartoon was used during the election of 1898 by the Democratic party to illustrate the dangers African-Americans posed to white men and women.

This newspaper article discusses "Mrs. Felton's Speech"that was included in Alexander Manly's editorial, The Wilmington Daily Record, and deems it "A Horrid Slander." The paper also includes the actual speech from Mrs. Felton that was included in…

This article is a description of a Democratic party rally in Richmond County. It begins by mentioning that Charles Aycock and Locke Craig were both wonderful speakers and spoke on behalf of the party's agenda for the 1898 election. The rally was…

The Red Shirt rallies were basically the beginnings of what would eventually be the KKK in the south. This rally in Richmond county was a large group of white men that marched through the black community terrorizing them in order to keep them away…

This article was in response to an article from the News and Observer in Raleigh that discussed disenfranchising the black community and only allowing white landowners to rule. This article in particular mentions how the previously published…

This article from the Morning Post discusses Congressman White's conversation with President McKinley about the current racial tensions in North Carolina. White claims that ever since the war ended the black and white communities lived peacefully…