Wilmington on Fire (teaser trailer)

"Wilmington on Fire" is a feature-length documentary that will give a historical and present day look at the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and how the descendants of the victims of the event are asking for legal action in regards to compensation.

The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It is also considered one of the only examples of a violent overthrow of an existing government (coup d'etat) and left countless numbers of African-American citizens dead. This event was the spring board for the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow (segregation) throughout the state of North Carolina, and the American South. © 2011 Christopher Everett

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[Jamil B]

The Port City...



[JordanDinstrumentals]

rest in peace to all those who lost their lives, i hate racism and prejudice.

[John Lewis]

Now you know why i hate white people and hope they all die.

[YUNG SAVAGE]

this looks to be a interesting history lesson i will check it out thx.

[Sonya Bennetone]

Today is the 113 anniversary of the 1898. I am a member of Central Missionary Baptist Church where the late Rev. Dr. J. Allen Kirk was the pastor during the 1898 Massare. The church is active and 95% orginal built by former slaves, who came by 702 Red Cross Street in 1883 and said "on this rock we will built our church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". Rev. Kirk is the only pastor with a written account of the massacre "The Statement of Fact about the 1898 Bloody Riot".