Photo is a picture of the Wilmington Daily Record Staff, courtesy of ECU’s Joyner Library
23 Years prior to the massacre in Tulsa, Wilmington North Carolina experienced an eerily similar event. Comparing the two renders important reflections as well as hope for the future.
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