Did you know Downtown Wilmington has a variety of stories of black history? Travel with the Wilmington Color Heritage Tour to ...

A reflective look at the only successful coup d’état in U.S. history and the deliberate destruction of a thriving Black […] The post Reckoning with the 1898 Wilmington coup that overthrew a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The little known story of the racially motivated massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city in 1898. American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the story of how ...

When a national historic group appears in Wilmington in February, its singers will be performing in the hometown of one of its most storied members.

I’ve been reading about North Carolina’s Reverend William Barber and his Poor People’s Campaign over the past few days, and contributed to the organization’s legal defense fund for people being ...

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, ...

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the story of how “self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power. American Experience: American ...