making. the city of wilmington, north carolina, is laying to rest joshua halsey. he is the first of an untold number of african-americans killed during the wilmington massacre of 1898. a group of white supremacists attacked him on november 10th. insurrection over throwing the city the biracial government forever changing its legacy. the victims graves like history lost. until now. a new movement by the third project person is recognizing the city s horrific past. starting two years ago they began the painstaking process of locating the victims and now joshua halsey is getting the proper burial he was never afforded. joining us right now co-chair of the poor people s campaign, an author of the book we are called to be a movement. bishop william barber ii. thank you so much for joining us on this very important day. i mean what does this moment
some of joshua s descendants spoke with cnn what they are feeling leading up to today s ceremony. this is what they said. we are calling it a funeral, but they ll be no one there who knew josh. or actually knew him. but what happened to him cannot be forgotten. we are honoring the people who hid in the swamps. we re honoring the people who never came back to their homes. we re honoring so many ancestors along with our family, our blood. if the ceremony like today is really just the beginning what are you hoping is next? well, i love that word honoring because to honor people is not just to remember them and have a funeral. it is to remember what they stood for. you know? in that day, wilmington was the