Record #:

21116

Author(s):

Steelman, Bennett L.

Abstract:

The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot, a low point in African-Americans' treatment after the Civil War, is generally recognized as the onset of the Jim Crow era in North Carolina. This narrative conveys the events leading up to, during, and after the riots.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1994, p70-82, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White Supremacy Campaign--Wilmington Race Riot, 1898; Wilmington--Race relations

Record #:

1503

Author(s):

Steelman, Bennett L.

Abstract:

Steelman recounts the story of the 1898 Wilmington race riot, including a sketch of the history of prior race relations in the city and a discussion of the story's tangled historiography.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Spring 1994, p70-82, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History; White Supremacy Campaign--Wilmington Race Riot, 1898; Wilmington--Race relations