Wilmington recently marked the 127th anniversary of the 1898 coup and massacre. The event, considered the only successful coup on U.S. soil, involved armed Whites killing dozens of Black residents and ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The community attended a book signing event on Saturday. The event was held at Front Street Market and Produce in Wilmington. Wilmington native, Dr. Steven Harrison, signed ...

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. Residents of the ...

SMITHFIELD – The Black History Committee of the Johnston County Heritage Commission, in partnership with PBS North Carolina and Working Films, invite community members to a free screening of American ...

Sonya Patrick led a conversation Wednesday on an issue once neglected for years. “I’d like to begin by saying that this was hidden in the history books for a long time,” Patrick said. The director of ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington community gathered to remember the 1898 massacre and coup, marking nearly 130 years since the attack that historians call the only successful coup in American ...