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[https://eji.org/news/wilmington-massacre-of-1898/ by Equal Justice Initiative 10/11/24] | [https://eji.org/news/wilmington-massacre-of-1898/ by Equal Justice Initiative 10/11/24] | ||
In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a new America. | In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a new America. | ||
=====‘Truth-telling has to happen’: the museum of America’s racist history===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/19/the-legacy-museum-america-racist-history by Ed Pilkington 19/9/21 The Guardian] | |||
The Legacy Museum, opening in October, lands at a time when racial violence is again on the rise and critical race theory is being used to prevent America’s racist past being taught in schools | |||