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

Subject(s):

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