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

Subject(s):

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