Outrage in North Carolina: Reckoning with a Brutal Assault on African American Community
Raleigh, North Carolina — A historical examination of North Carolina’s past reveals a series of aggressive discriminatory acts against its Black population, a trend characterized by violence and systemic oppression that has left long-lasting scars. Throughout North Carolina’s history, African Americans have been subjected to extreme forms of violence and discrimination, from the Wilmington massacre of 1898, where white supremacists overthrew the local government and killed many Black residents, to the more modern processes of …