#wilmingto massacre

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The Wilmington massacre of 1898: a shocking episode of racist violence | North Carolina | The Guardian

Estimates of the number of Black people killed range from dozens to hundreds. The state’s 2006 study described the coup in detail and blamed all levels of government for not intervening; it said Black merchants and workers “suffered losses after 1898 in terms of job status, income, and access to capital”. Black businesses moved or closed. Some 2,100 Black residents fled. Black literacy rates plunged.

I grew up in Wilmington and all I knew about this was from eavesdropping on conversations between older folks when I was a kid...