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African, African American and diaspora studies professor Kenneth Janken received the 2022 George H. Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an IAH Fellow. On March 23, 2023, he received the award and delivered a lecture, "Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public's Attention: One Historian's Experience in Public Humanities.” Before his lecture, he sat down to talk about his research, public reaction to the case, and his Fellowship experiences.
10 civil rights activists were arrested and wrongfully convicted in Wilmington, North Carolina following a demonstration regarding school desegregation in 1971. They spent years in prison for crimes they didn't commit and became known as the Wilmington Ten. Instagram: @caffeinatedcrimespodTwitter: @caffcrimespodEmail: caffeinatedcrimespod@gmail.comFacebook: Caffeinated CrimesSupport the show
On this show, we have an in-depth discussion with Ms. Bertha Todd, a long-time Wilmington teacher, and community activist, that explains the impact of the 1898 Wilmington Race Massacre and the Wilmington Ten case on the growth and development of that community.
The Wilmington Ten: nine men and one woman – wrongly accused and convicted of arson and conspiracy. Each of the ten serving substantial prison time for crimes they did not commit. The nine men were African-American. The woman was white. The violence that erupted in Wilmington fifty years ago, in early February 1971, was fomented by racial tension, desegregation, and active white supremacist groups facing off against black activists who were demanding equal rights and equal educational opportunities.
The Wilmington Ten: nine men and one woman – wrongly accused and convicted of arson and conspiracy. Each of the ten serving substantial prison time for crimes they did not commit. The nine men were African-American. The woman was white. The violence that erupted in Wilmington fifty years ago, in early February 1971, was fomented by racial tension, desegregation, and active white supremacist groups facing off against black activists who were demanding equal rights and equal educational opportunities. After four days of clashes in the Port City, two people were dead, six were injured, and more than half-a-million dollars in damage was done. Mike’s Grocery, a white-owned store in a Black neighborhood, had been fire-bombed. It took the National Guard to put an end to the conflict. The people held responsible for the violence became known as the Wilmington Ten, gaining international attention as they fought for their freedom, after enduring a judicial process driven by prosecutorial
Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 1st, 2021: Madison's new top cop was sworn in today, protesters push to reopen the investigation into the Madison police officer who shot and killed Tony Robinson, Wisconsin's Republican lawmakers continue their efforts to overturn the governor's mask mandate and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government, The Past Isn't Past examines the case of the Wilmington Ten and feature contributor Harry Richardson reviews two new features.
In February 1971, an incident of racial unrest in Wilmington, N.C. ultimately led to the wrongful convictions of 10 people. “The Wilmington Ten” serves as title for one of the greatest chapters of injustice in North Carolina history.
In February 1971, an incident of racial unrest in Wilmington, N.C. ultimately led to the wrongful convictions of 10 people. “The Wilmington Ten” serves as title for one of the greatest chapters of injustice in North Carolina history. On this week’s podcast, a conversation with Willie Earl Vereen and a review of the lesser-known history preceding an infamous firebombing and botched persecution.
We discuss: - Curating people - Moral Monday marches - Black Wall Street - Wilmington massacre of 1898 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898 - Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series - https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_444_300295430.pdf - Wilmington on Fire (documentary film) - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wilmingtononfire - The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901 by Helen Edmonds - https://uncpress.org/book/9780807855492/the-negro-and-fusion-politics-in-north-carolina-1894-1901/ - Battle of Forks Road - https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-forks-road/ - Wilmington Ten - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Ten - The true story behind the Wilmington Ten by Larry Reni Thomas - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3810278-the-true-story-behind-the-wilmington-ten - The Fire of Freedom, Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War - https://uncpress.org/book/9781469621906/the-fire-of-freedom/ - The Second Founding, How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution, by Eric Foner - https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393358520 - Grandfather clause - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause - Maestro William Henry Curry - https://www.wunc.org/post/born-conduct-meet-maestro-curry - William Paul Thomas - http://www.williampaulthomas.com/ - Pete Sack - http://petesack.com/ - The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 by James D. Anderson - https://uncpress.org/book/9780807842218/the-education-of-blacks-in-the-south-1860-1935/ - The Front Lines short film - https://www.blackonblackproject.com/the-front-lines-film - Black Reconstruction, Book by W. E. B. Du Bois - http://www.webdubois.org/wdb-BlackReconst.html - What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250295927 - Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, by David Brion Davis - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178670.Inhuman_Bondage - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States - Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas by Sally E. Hadden - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674012349 https://www.blackonblackproject.com/about https://www.michaelsherroidwilliams.com/ Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com
We discuss: - Curating people - Moral Monday marches - Black Wall Street - Wilmington massacre of 1898 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898 - Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series - https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_444_300295430.pdf - Wilmington on Fire (documentary film) - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wilmingtononfire - The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901 by Helen Edmonds - https://uncpress.org/book/9780807855492/the-negro-and-fusion-politics-in-north-carolina-1894-1901/ - Battle of Forks Road - https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-forks-road/ - Wilmington Ten - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Ten - The true story behind the Wilmington Ten by Larry Reni Thomas - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3810278-the-true-story-behind-the-wilmington-ten - The Fire of Freedom, Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War - https://uncpress.org/book/9781469621906/the-fire-of-freedom/ - The Second Founding, How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution, by Eric Foner - https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393358520 - Grandfather clause - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause - Maestro William Henry Curry - https://www.wunc.org/post/born-conduct-meet-maestro-curry - William Paul Thomas - http://www.williampaulthomas.com/ - Pete Sack - http://petesack.com/ - The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 by James D. Anderson - https://uncpress.org/book/9780807842218/the-education-of-blacks-in-the-south-1860-1935/ - The Front Lines short film - https://www.blackonblackproject.com/the-front-lines-film - Black Reconstruction, Book by W. E. B. Du Bois - http://www.webdubois.org/wdb-BlackReconst.html - What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250295927 - Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, by David Brion Davis - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178670.Inhuman_Bondage - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States - Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas by Sally E. Hadden - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674012349 https://www.blackonblackproject.com/about https://www.michaelsherroidwilliams.com/ Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com
Jim Hunt was first elected Governor of North Carolina in 1976 when he was just 39 years old. He served four terms in the Executive Mansion, spanning four different decades.
Jim Hunt was first elected Governor of North Carolina in 1976 when he was just 39 years old. He served four terms in the Executive Mansion, spanning four different decades. During his time in office, Hunt remained a steadfast supporter of public schools and prioritized education policy. In 1984, Hunt also set his sights on the U.S. Senate, and lost a bitter race to longtime Senator Jesse Helms. On this episode of the Politics Podcast from WUNC, Hunt discusses his legacy as a governor, recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and a time he hitchhiked to the Midwest.
Donal talks with civil rights leader and NNPA (National Newspaper Publishers Association) president and CEO Dr. Ben Chavis about the state of Black Newspapers as well as the Wilmington Ten. Also our Women’s History Month listen back with gymnast Simone Biles. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
St. Martin's Episcopal Church Summer 2019 Pilgrimage to Wilmington Interview Mother Marion interviews Youth Director, Whitney Hodges and St. Martin’s parishioner, Alex Alday about their pilgrimage to Wilmington, NC during the summer of 2019. In the interview Whitney and Alex reference two historical events in the city of Wilmington: the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and the Wilmington 10 (regarding the wrongful incarceration of African Americans following a 1971 riot). For more information on each of these events, please follow these links: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/wilmington-massacre/536457/ and https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wilmington-Ten
"Speaking of My History" season 1 episode 4 - Reginald F. Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993), was an American businessman. He was the richest African-American man in the 1980s. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up in a middle-class neighborhood. He won a football scholarship to Virginia State College, graduating with a degree in economics in 1965. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1968 and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Recruited to top New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP immediately after law school, Lewis left to start his own firm two years later. After 15 years as a corporate lawyer with his own practice, Lewis focused on corporate law, structuring investments in minority-owned businesses and became special counsel to major corporations like General Foods and Equitable Life (now AXA). Mr. Lewis was also counsel to the New York-based Commission for Racial Justice and represented The Wilmington Ten. He was successful in forcing North Carolina to pay interest on the Wilmington Ten bond. he moved to the other side of the table by creating TLC Group L.P., a venture capital firm, in 1983. His first major deal was the purchase of the McCall Pattern Company, a home sewing pattern business, for $22.5 million. Lewis had learned from a Fortune magazine article that the Esmark holding company, which had recently purchased Norton Simon, planned to divest from the McCall Pattern Company, a maker of home sewing patterns founded in 1870. With fewer and fewer people sewing at home, McCall was seemingly on the decline—though it had posted profits of $6 million in 1983 on sales of $51.9 million. At the time, McCall was number two in its industry, holding 29.7 percent of the market, compared to industry leader Simplicity Patterns with 39.4 percent. He managed to negotiate the price down, then raised $1 million himself from family and friends and borrowed the rest from institutional investors and investment banking firm First Boston Corp. Within a year, he turned the company around by freeing up capital tied in fixed assets such as building and machinery, and finding a new use for machinery during downtime by manufacturing greeting card. In 1987, Lewis bought Beatrice International Foods from Beatrice Companies for $985 million, renaming it TLC Beatrice International, a snack food, beverage, and grocery store conglomerate that was the largest African-American owned and managed business in the U.S. The deal was partly financed through Mike Milken of the maverick investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. In order to reduce the amount needed to finance the leveraged buyout, Lewis came up with a plan to sell off some of the division's assets simultaneous with the takeover. When TLC Beatrice reported revenue of $1.8 billion in 1987, it became the first black-owned company to have more than $1 billion in annual sales. At its peak in 1996, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. had sales of $2.2 billion and was number 512 on Fortune magazine's list of 1,000 largest companies. In 1992, Lewis donated $3 million to Harvard Law School, the largest grant at the time in the school's history.[5] The school renamed its International Law Center the Reginald F. Lewis International Law Center, the first major facility at Harvard named in honor of an African-American on January 19, 1993 (aged 50) New York City, Lewis died , from brain cancer. Mr. Lewis wife Loida Lewis took over the company a year after his death.[11] Loida Lewis currently Chairs the Reginald F. Lewis (RFL) Foundation, which also supports the Reginald F. Lewis College of Business at Virginia State University. In 2005, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opened in Baltimore with the support of a $5 million grant from his foundation.[7] It is the East Coast's largest African American museum occupying an 82,000 square-foot facility with permanent and special exhibition space.
The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. We'll use these sessions to hone our use of words as tools to reveal truth, neutralize White people. We'll examine news reports from the past seven days and - hopefully - promote a constructive dialog. #ANTIBLACKNESS George E. Curry, former editor of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and Emerge magazine, died August 20th at the age of 69. Alice Jervay Thatch recounted his relentless commitment to counter-racism. "George Curry was a part of NNPAâ??s effort to gain pardons for the Wilmington Ten. On the day NNPA announced at the National Press Club our intent to secure those pardons, George interviewed Wilmington Ten leader Dr. Ben Chavis onstage. It brought tears to our eyes, including Benâ??s. Later, Ben had to admit that this was the most emotional interview he had experienced and the first time he had cried in public!" More than a decade after the levee failure and Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana is again suffering historic flooding; General Russel Honor�© reports that more than 100,000 homes have been decimated. Nate Parker has supplanted Bill Cosby as the symbol of rape culture. Parker has not been convicted of any sexual crimes and a has film slated for release in weeks, but what's become primary are the unsubstantiated allegations of a dead White woman. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p
The Pratt Library’s annual King Commemorative Lecture presented by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, Benjamin Chavis, Jr. desegregated his hometown’s whites-only public library, becoming the first African American to be issued a library card in the town’s history. In 1965, while a college freshman, he became a statewide youth coordinator in North Carolina for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Council.Dr. Chavis and nine others (the Wilmington Ten), charged with conspiracy and arson in 1972 for their school desegregation protests, were convicted and sentenced. Eight years later the conviction was overturned, and they were released.In 1993 Dr. Chavis became the youngest executive director of the NAACP. He later served as the national director of the Million Man March and the founder and CEO of the National African American Leadership Summit. With Russell Simmons, he co-founded the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network in 2001. Dr. Chavis currently serves as President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and President of Education Online Services Corporation.Recorded On: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Tune in to this second Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio interview of filmmaker, Christopher Everett. Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is bringing him back to the airwaves for an update on the release of the deocumentary, "Wilmington on Fire." You will learn the history of the Wilmington Race Riots, the Wilmington Ten, and the lost of Gullah/Geechee culture as a result of psychological conditioning in North Carolina. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeechee.net www.gullahgeecheenation.com