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♪ >> loy: some people say it's the most famous place you've never heard of. that's where we are. well, when you start getting down to the detail of it this is historic neirs tavern. >> anthony: back in the 1820's when queens was still mostly farmland and live stock rather than the seven train was what rumbled down what became jamaica avenue. the manager of a racetrack called the union course opened a nearby tavern to accommodate the gamblers and lay-abouts who frequented his track. it was called the blue pump room. in later iterations it became the old abbey, the union course tavern and fina...

Unanswered questions. we're hoping to learn more when this interview airs, alisyn, victor. >> okay, lucy kafanov, thank you. let's discuss this with a veteran movie stunt coordinator and armorer, also a former member of the nypd. scott, great to see you again. can a gun go off without someone pulling the trigger? >> so, the more information that comes out, the more questions i have. this was an old west style cowboy gun and it's being called an antique. i want to know how old was this gun actually. if it is before 1898, the atf does consider it an antique. is it just a modern replica that look...

Making. the city of wilmington, north carolina, is laying to rest joshua halsey. he is the first of an untold number of african-americans killed during the wilmington massacre of 1898. a group of white supremacists attacked him on november 10th. insurrection over throwing the city the biracial government forever changing its legacy. the victims' graves like history lost. until now. a new movement by the third project person is recognizing the city's horrific past. starting two years ago they began the painstaking process of locating the victims and now joshua halsey is getting the proper buria...

Largest city in north carolina, on its way to become atlanta. the largest african-american population. had a strong african-american favor and black and white people were working today for fundamental change. and then there was this other element in all of the south. 1898 was the beginning of a lot of riots. in fact, a telegram sent after november 10, said this is how the put the negro in their place, how you stop black and white people working together. we're going to honor them and we must challenge those things today. we must, we must hear their voices in the now. so i don't know if i'm goi...

Mean to you? >> well, fredricka, i'm from eastern north carolina and this even more that a healing is really a day of reflection, because 1898 was an insurrection. an insurrection caused by the fear of black and white progressive politics that was really growing in the south. it had grown since the end of the civil war, and was trying to provide education for all, labor rights for all -- and racists said, no. this wasn't a few -- this was the government. this was a person that ended up becoming a governor, a red shirt, he was the racist aggressive democratic party of that day against lincoln r...