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Kids in kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to submit their original poems, by February 28th, to WPSU's Student Poetry Contest! The winning poems in each category will be read on the air on WPSU-FM in April. Click below for more information.
![Library of Congress: Wilmington, N.C. race riot, 1898: montage of 5 photos: (1) Alfred M. Waddell; (2) Manhattan Park, where shooting took place; (3) 4th and Harnet, where first Black Americans fell; (4) E.G. Parmalee, new chief of police (5) The wrecked "Record" building and group of vigilantes]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/278ecec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x496+0+0/resize/840x652!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2Fd7%2Fdc205feb4d859bac336ea6a68f03%2Fwilmington-riots.jpg)
This special for Black History Month tells the story of an act of racial violence designed to eliminate a highly successful Black community in Wilmington, That local coup d'etat involved racist mobs, as well as historians, city planners, journalists and countless others. Listen Thursday, February 5 at 3 p.m. on WPSU-FM
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