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(includes “The Campaign,” “The Massacre” and “The Aftermath”)
With the help of seven renowned guests, the Unearthing 1898 series examines, dissects and faces the horrors of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. Detailing the campaign that led a white supremacist mob to kill untold numbers of African-American residents, it is arguably the most important story in Wilmington’s history, not just for its bigoted savagery but also for the wide-reaching regression it brought to a city that found progression and the possibility of parity after the Civil War. It is proof that one story and even one day in the Cape Fear can have ripple effects for so many others. In this case, it also changed everything. ....

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