Wilmington Insurrection

 A fire broke out on the morning of November 10, 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, this was the beginning of an assault that spread seven blocks east of Cape Fear River. By the end of the day manly’s newspaper had been torched and 60 people had been murdered. The local government that was elected two days prior had been overthrown and replaced by white supremacist. This massacre is known to be a turning point in post-reconstruction in North Carolina politics. The insurrection initiated an era of more severe racial segregation which put many African Americans deeper in their grave. Many believe what happened in North Carolina became an affirmation of white supremacy, not just in North Carolina but in the country as a whole.