White Supremacy Renewed
In the 1890s, a “Fusion” coalition of emancipated Blacks and poor whites gained political power across North Carolina.
In response, white supremacists launched a violent campaign across the state. It culminated in the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, where local white supremacists staged a bloody coup against Blacks in that city.
The white supremacists were victorious in the 1898 election, and immediately began legislating a new racial order called Jim Crow.
After Wilmington, Black leaders in Durham retreated from political life and focused on education and economic uplift. The city became a destination for Black rural migrants, where Black neighborhoods offered strength in numbers and networks of support.
Julian Carr and former Confederate soldiers gathered in front of the Hotel Carrolina
Courtesy Alvin T. Parnell collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
The center of this ribbon is a portrait of Julian Carr, a leader of the white supremacist movement in Durham, 1898.
Courtesy the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In the 1890s, a “Fusion” coalition of emancipated Blacks and poor whites gained political power across North Carolina.
In response, white supremacists launched a violent campaign across the state. It culminated in the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, where local white supremacists staged a bloody coup against Blacks in that city.
The white supremacists were victorious in the 1898 election, and immediately began legislating a new racial order called Jim Crow.
After Wilmington, Black leaders in Durham retreated from political life and focused on education and economic uplift. The city became a destination for Black rural migrants, where Black neighborhoods offered strength in numbers and networks of support.
Julian Carr and former Confederate soldiers gathered in front of the Hotel Carrolina
Courtesy Alvin T. Parnell collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University