Historical Parallels: 1898 Wilmington Massacre And Capitol Siege
New Hanover County Public Library A group of men stand in front of the destroyed printing press of African American newspaper owner and editor Alex Manly on Nov. 10, 1898. Shortly after this, the coup began in the streets of Wilmington. WILMINGTON — On Wednesday, as rioters broke into the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., and a nation watched in disbelief, Americans got a real-time lesson in a startling concept – insurrection. But the Wilmington community — at least those people enlightened about its history — already got this lesson in seditious behavior when they learned about t...
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