Essence Magazine:
By Equal Justice Initiative ·Updated February 8, 2025
This essay and its accompanying video are part of a 10-part series created bythe Equal Justice Initiative to spotlight often overlooked or hidden stories of racial injustice. ESSENCE is republishing select stories from this important initiative. Learn more about EJI’s work here.
In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island
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