Wilmington 1898: Geographies of Rage, Resistance, and Resilience

FAIN: ES-293713-23

University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC 28403-3201)
Cara Faulkner Ward (Project Director: February 2023 to April 2025)
Tiffany Gilbert (Co Project Director: February 2023 to April 2025)
Lynn Mollenauer (Co Project Director: February 2023 to April 2025)

A two-week residential institute for 25 6-12 educators on the history and legacies of the 1898 coup in Wilmington, North Carolina.

This proposal is for a new two week-long Summer Teacher Institute named "Wilmington 1898: Geographies of Rage, Resistance, and Resilience." This institute will bring together 25 teachers of grades 6-12 from across the US to Wilmington, North Carolina, site of the only successful coup d''état in the nation''s history.