A few days ago, David Zucchino’s book on the 1898 Wilmington Massacre won a Pulitzer Prize. Now, a new statue is about to go up on the North Carolina-Wilmington campus, acknowledging and permanently memorializing the coup and massacre. The challenge for artist Dare Coulter: “‘How do you depict Black joy, resilience,”‘but also convey the horror of the massacre.” – Wilmington StarNews
