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feel like wasn't the whole truth? Better yet, what's something you learned in history class that you feel like wasn't the whole truth?

Better yet, what's something you didn't learn at all that was omitted completely?

That's what I like to call redacted history.

My name is Andre White, the host of the Redacted History podcast,

the place where histories forgotten events, heroes, and villains get their story told,

one episode at a time. The Redacted History Podcasts. Real History Never Dies.

Stream the Redacted History Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your

podcast. What if I told you that in the late 1800s, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city

and was a predominantly black city where black people owned businesses, land, and served

in local government.

That Wilmington was a city of black prosperity, and there were black doctors, teachers,

business owners, and politicians.

Black people were exercising the rights given to them by the newly ratified 13th, 14 owners, and politicians. Black people were exercising the

rights given to them by the newly ratified 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Between 1875 and

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