African American Photo Gallery 

North Carolina African Americans had made significant economic, political and social progress since the Civil War. Wilmington hosted an established middle class. This photo gallery offers a glimpse of the city's thriving African-American community. For futher information, see William M. Reaves, "Strength Through Struggle: The Chronological and Historical Record of the African-American Community in Wilmington, North Carolina 1865-1950".

William H. Moore
Alexander Manly
Alexander Manly and Carrie Sadgwar
Alexander Manly and Frank Manly
Employees of the <i>Daily Record</i> office
William Henry Waddell
The Third Regiment, North Carolina Troops, 1898
Mary Washington Howe
Students of the Gregory Normal Institute
John C. Dancy, Jr.
A Wilmington Volunteer Hose Reel Fire Company
Employees of Alexander Sprunt & Son
David Bryant Fulton, aka Jack Thorne, c. 1900
John Edward Taylor