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How a photographer documented Wilmington s Black community for decades

By the 1950s and for decades after, Herbert Howard s photos gave Wilmington s Black community an opportunity to be seen.

Cape Fear Museum puts collection of historic Wilmington photos online

Hunter Ingram says goodbye to Wilmington StarNews, Cape Fear Unearthed

Four years ago, while out at lunch with a friend, I started drawing a logo on a thin and uncooperative napkin. When I got back to the office, napkin in hand, I sketched out the shoddy design on a sheet of paper, even though the sturdier texture did nothing to help my lack of drawing skills. Still, I managed to capture the image rolling around in my head of the words “Cape Fear Unearthed,” the first two stacked on top of the third with a shovel forming the “F” and dug into the “Unearthed.” I was instantly inspired. In my gut, I believed I had created something truly special, even though at that point it was just an idea for a podcast telling the stories of local history, one episode at a time.

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