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TIL On Nov. 10, 1898, a mob descended on the offices of The Daily Record, a Black-owned newspaper in Wilmington, N.C. Armed men then moved into the streets and opened fire on Black men. The number of people who died ranges from about 60 to as many as 250, according to some estimates.

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