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NAACP seeks reparations for 1898 NC riot deaths

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Published: October 6, 2008

DURHAM
About a dozen people marched in Durham, seeking reparations for those who died in riots in Wilmington in 1898.
The march to the courthouse Sunday is one of 13 marches across the state leading to the annual conference of the North Carolina NAACP in Raleigh.
Marchers want state legislators to pay the descendants of those harmed in an insurrection that led to the deaths of at least 14 black people.
A state-appointed panel that released a report in 2006 said the riots that led to a government overthrow in Wilmington were started by white supremacist leaders in a conspiracy to strip political power from black people.
State legislators have apologized, but the NAACP and other groups in a statewide coalition are calling for reparations.
The NAACP convention starts Thursday.

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