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Restorative Justice Collaborative

Restorative Justice Collaborative

125th Anniversary of 1898 Wilmington Massacre

Commemoration Activities

12:00PM “Boundless” A Discussion with Daniel Jones - at Pine Valley New Hanover Public Library - Daniel Jones Cultural Curator for Cameron Art Museum will be discussing the United States Colored Troops and their influence on creating the thriving African-American population Pre-1898 in Wilmington- Sponsored and hosted by Cameron Art Museum
5:30PM “1898 Beyond Wilmington” - at Northeast Library- Registration Required. Sponsored by New Hanover County Library
9-12:00PM “Racial Equity and Trauma Training Series Phase 3: Race and Trauma” - Virtual - Email jvaneteskiba@gmail.com to register- Sponsored by the NHC Resiliency Task Force
TBA- “A Discussion on Civil War Veterans and 1898” by Kaitlin O’Connor, Educator - at Fort Fisher State Historic Site-Sponsored by New Hanover County Library - (Check library calendar after October 12th for time, and location)
2:30PM “I, Too Documentary” Screening - at Cape Fear Museum - Sponsored by the St. Luke AME Church and Cape Fear Museum

12-1:00PM- “A Documented Conspiracy”: The Planning and Events That Led to the Massacre of 1898".
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6:30PM “Real Talk: Descendants in Dialogue” - at Beckwith Recital Hall, Cultural Arts Building - Sponsored by UNCW, 1898 Legacies and Futures Research Collective, and Kim Cook

9:00AM “Wreath Laying Ceremony” – at 1898 Memorial Park - Sponsored by City of Wilmington & New Hanover County


11:30AM “1898 Clergy Luncheon” - at 929 North Front Street - Sponsored by the NHC Office of Diversity and Equity and the City of Wilmington


6-8:00PM “Wilmington On Fire” Screening and sharing clips of the upcoming sequel: “Wilmington on Fire: Chapter II - Sponsored by New Hanover County Library and DREAMS


6-7:00PM “Moderated Conversation with Stephen Hayes and Dr. Johnson”- at Cameron Art Museum- FREE for members and $15 for non-members - Sponsored and hosted by Cameron Art Museum


6:00PM - “1898 and Spanish American War”- at Cape Fear Community College - Union Station RM N-202- Sponsored by The National Black Leadership Caucus of the Southeast

“Monument” Exhibition Public Opening - at Cameron Art Museum- Opens for Members on the 11/9/23 and to the public 11/10/23. Exhibition will run through 4/4/23 - Sponsored and hosted by Cameron Art Museum


5-7:00PM “Halsey Family Presentation” - Saint Mark Episcopal Church; 600 Grace St; Wilmington, NC- A presentation centered on the journey of discovery of the descendants of 1898 victim Joshua Halsey. For more info email


6:00PM “Black Press Rising from the Ashes of 1898: Honoring Mary Alice Thatch” - at Thalian Hall - Sponsored by The National Black Leadership Caucus Southeast


9:45AM - “Multi-Faith Blessing” at the site of The Daily Record - at 709 Church Street, Wilmington, NC- Sponsored by UNCW and Kim Cook

10AM-5:00PM - “US Colored Troops Homecoming Day” - at USCT PARK, Cameron Art Mueseum- Sponsored at Cameron Art Museum


2:00PM - “A talk with LeRae Umfleet” - Author of A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot - Thalian Hall - Sponsored by a partnership between NHC Library, WHQR, and CFCC .


7:30PM - “Project 1898 Concert” - Wilson Center at CFCC - Dr. Steven Errante will arrange music inspired by hymns popular around the time of 1898- Narration by Rhonda Bellamy, and performances from Williston Alumni Community Choir, and more.


1-4:00PM “1898 Symposium and Essay Contest” - Featuring Bishop William Barber, Dr. Bertha Todd and others. Event is Free. Williston Middle School - Sponsored by the Co-sponsored by the National Black Leadership Caucus SE and 1898 Observance
Committee Inc.

?  “Dance Theatre of DREAMS in FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM” - Sponsored and hosted at Cameron Art Museum


?  “1898 Program” - St. Luke AME Church - Upperman African American Cultural Center UNCW -Sponsored by the National Black Leadership Caucus SE Region


2:30-4:30PM- “Our Work Continues” - Cape Fear Museum- Sponsored by the New Hanover County Community Remembrance Project in partnership with the Cape Fear Museum

6:00PM - “1898 Black Wall Street - Wilmington, NC” - Upperman African American Cultural Center UNCW - Sponsored by the National Black Leadership Caucus SE Region
5PM-7:00PM “Killing Black Consciousness as a Long Project of White Nationalism - Wilmington 1898 to Now” - Discussion will be led by Dr. Nishani Frazier, NC State University Professor and Director of Public History NC State University - Lumina Theatre, Fisher Student Center, UNCW.
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