In August 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina, was a mecca for middle-class black citizens. Many of the city's lawyers, businessmen, and other professionals were black, as were all the tradesmen and stevedores. The black community outnumbered the white community by more than two...
Sam Jenks moves to Wilmington, North Carolina in the summer of 1898 and finds racial tension escalating as Negro residents outnumber whites and talk of white supremacy and riots spreads through town.