Wilmington Race Riots of 1898

I came across this story in a Wilmington, NC newspaper about the race riots that occured in 1898. After doing some reading, I came across a small passage that said the "white conservative movement" was instrumental in or responsible for the attacks....And it named Col. Alfred M. Moore as one of the individuals responsible for the taking over and killing of 22 men.

Although story brings up an ugly period of our American History after the Civil War. I got the feeling that the word, "white conservative" was put in there to jab black readers in believing that the riots that forever changed a whole city and the lives effected by it, were done by republicans. When in fact it was a democratic takeover...literally.

Story: http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=news28


Wikipedia description and biography:

Alfred Moore Wendell: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alfred_Moore_Waddell

Wilmington Race Riot of 1898:

www.en.wikipedia/wiki/wilmington_insurrection_of 1898