Primary Source

A Fruit That We All Like

The News and Observer via DigitalNC

An illustration shows a fruit still attached to a branch. Written across the fruit is — Racist editorial cartoon commissioned for the News and Observer, November 5, 1898.

Source: Norman Ethre Jennett, the News and Observer.

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Lesson Plan

Stolen Power: The Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état of 1898

This lesson explores the Wilmington Massacre and Coup d’état of 1898 by examining the events and political environment leading up to and the people and groups involved in the massacre and coup.