This week, events around Wilmington will stand in remembrance of the 1898 Wilmington massacre and coupe d'état, and recognizing the triumphs of community as this year marks the 125th anniversary.Tonight, a tearful Thalian Hall paid tribute to a Wilmington trailblazer, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch.The program titled, "The Black Press Rising From the Ashes of 1898" recognized Thatch for her roles as publisher and editor of the Wilmington Journal, and the pardoning of the Wilmington Ten, and the legacy she left behind.
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Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher of the historical newspaper, has died at the age of 78.