The Unfinished Story of Alex Manly’s “The Daily Record”
Foreground: Dr. Lewin Manly, grandson of Alex Manly. Credit: Pamela Kirkland
Background: A large white mob of destroyed the printing press and burned the offices of “The Daily Record” to the ground. Credit: Library of Congress
Wilmington, North Carolina was once home to a thriving middle class Black population. In 1898, the only successful coup d’etat in American history put a stop to it. Alex Manly was part of that elite Black community. An editorial he printed in his newspaper, The Daily Record, was the catalyst for the violence, and Manly was run out of town by a group of White supremacists. In this episode, Manly’s grandson, Dr. Lewin Manly talks about what his family is owed for the loss of The Record and how the Manly family could be made whole again.
Reported by Pamela Kirkland.
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