WILMINGTON — Days after the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, protesters gathered once again on the steps of city hall, this time to demand…
Sonya Patrick, leader of the Wilmington arm of the Black Lives Matter movement, said her group had been advocating for those two changes in particular for years. The protests, she said, including the rallies held by BLM/ILM at the 1898 memorial on North Third Street, helped provide the momentum necessary for those changes to occur.
The history of Long Leaf Park it was formerly named after Hugh MacRae, one of the organizers of the Wilmington coup and massacre of 1898, in which dozens of Blacks were killed and others run out of town made many Black residents reluctant to go there. The Confederate monuments still presumably in storage somewhere in Wilmington, their fate as yet unknown are seen by many as an enduring endorsement of white supremacy.
Charlotte brewery Resident Brewing will take over the taps at Fermental on Saturday with live music from Delia Stanley and Starlight Speedway. (Port City Daily/Courtesy Resident Brewing)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. Holla for the weekend and a long one at that! It’s time once again to raise your glasses, bottles and cans to Li’l Friday.
Li’l Friday isn’t for the fun police or naysayers this little roundup is for folks to leave behind the negativity, let loose, have a little fun, and enjoy everything our corner of southeastern N.C offers. And in case you haven’t noticed: There are never a shortage of events.