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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 newspaper article from "The Atlanta Constitution" compares the Wilmington Race Riot to the riots that occurred in Louisiana just years before. The article discusses how the black community was constantly terrorizing women and stealing from the…

This article from the Winston-Salem Journal gives an account of the race riot that occurred in Wilmington, NC on November 10, 1898. The article discusses the burning-down of Alexander Manly's "Daily Record." It also mentions that the "negroes had…

The cartoon suggests that the Republican party is rallying Populist voters to support their cause. The cartoon depicts the farmer rejecting the Republican uniform in the name of honor, not giving into the inferior Republican agenda. This was…

This political cartoon helped to push the racist rhetoric of the Democratic party in the 1898 election. Portrayed in this visual is the ideal that the "negroe" dominates the white community. This is their call to put an end to the supposed negroe…

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.