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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 article from the Wilmington Messenger stresses that the 1898 election is essentially about race and not politics. It explains for each party to vote in their own racial interests, most likely advocating votes for the Democratic party. The…

The mob of angry racially-charge Democrats took a moment to stop and take a photo of what they had done to Alexander Manly's "Daily Record" amidst all of the rioting. The mob terrorized the entire black community in effort to keep their promise of…

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 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…