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America’s History and Present

WHITE SUPREMACY IN WILMINGTON, NC, IN 1898 IS WORTH REMEMBERING NOW

Below are two presentations that debuted this month and bookended the November 5th election, which resulted in the first felon to ascend to the Oval Office. Both presentations recall the destruction of a progressive government in Wilmington, NC, more than 100 years ago. Each presentation offers sobering accounts of White backlash to Black political advancement that are instructive because history has a way of repeating itself. On Tuesday, November 12th, the PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will debut a new document on the coup. Click the billboard below to see the broadcast trailer.

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Aired September 27, 2024 – Blogger Hannah Drake talks about taking her daughter to Senegal at a time of great racial injustice in the United States. She recalls her feelings while visiting the Door of No Return and, there, imagining what her ancestors experienced. Her thoughts about more recent ancestors haunted her upon returning to the United States and visiting cotton fields in Mississippi.

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Aired September 25, 2024 – Uzo Aduba talks about her new book, “The Road is Good,” in which she details the influence of her mother, her years growing up in the only African family in Medford, Massachusetts, and a special sign she received encouraging her not give up on her dreams of a career in acting.

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