Winston-Salem's monument remains controversial
By John Hinton
Winston-Salem Journal 7 hrs ago
On a rainy October day in 1905, city leaders, residents and Confederate veterans gathered at the Forsyth County Courthouse on Fourth Street for .. the unveiling of the Confederate monument ...
Former Lt. Col. Alfred Moore Waddell, a former Confederate Calvary officer, was the keynote speaker. He had served as a member in the U.S. House during the 1870s. Many modern-day historians regard Waddell as a white supremacist, mostly for his actions in the bloody 1898 Wilmington Riot, which is regarded as the country's only successful coup d'etat.
White Democrats killed many blacks, and forced black Republican city leaders to flee. The Democrats then took over Wilmington's city government.
During the unrest, Waddell told whites, "If you find the Negro out voting, tell him to leave the polls, and if he refuses, kill him, shoot him down in his tracks," according to news reports ...
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