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Wilmington Massacre
The Root

1898

Wilmington Massacre

White supremacists targeted Black residents, Black businesses and the town newspaper, then forced the local government that included Black elected officials to resign en masse. It's estimated that as many as 300 Black North Carolinans were killed that day.

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