Tag: Wilmington massacre of 1898

  • Descendant of Alex Manly talks about modern impact of 1898 Massacre WECT News 6 Wilmington, North Carolina 2021-11-10 Mara McJilton, Multimedia Journalist Alex Manly was the owner of The Daily Record newspaper in 1898 when it was burned down by white supremacists WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) –Alex Manly was the owner of The Daily Record newspaper…

  • “Marrow” is, among other things, an examination of how the genteel language of tolerance obscures and enables antiblack violence. In his focus on historical calamity—the Wilmington massacre narrowly and the collapse of Reconstruction more broadly—Chesnutt uses the form of the novel to examine how our shared language reinforces white supremacy’s grip on American society…