FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 VOLUME 126, ISSUE 44 William Rand Kenan Sr. led an 1898 Wilmington unit that killed at least 25 Black people. His name is on our stadium. DTH/RYAN HERRON By Hannah McClellan Black-owned businesses and chased with the entire massacre, the exact Senior Writer the majority of Black residents and number of people killed by Kenan is politicians out of town. The militia unknown due to the white leaders School of Dentistry Around thirty UNC academic also overthrew the local government, getting rid of the bodies and Black buildings and residence halls have to replace the Black and white leaders witnesses fleeing town. names tied to white supremacy — from the Fusionist and Republican Harry Watson, a UNC history holds fourth DEAH day but it doesn’t stop there. parties, with white democrats. professor, said Kenan later wrote Kenan Memorial Stadium is Craig Calcaterra, NBC reporter, proudly about his involvement in By Elizabeth Moore organized a day of service activities named after William Rand Kenan published an article last week which the massacre in a memoir, but the Staff Writer throughout the community in honor Sr., the commander of a white revealed for many Kenan Sr.’s involve- connection between Kenan and the of the victims. supremacist unit that murdered ment in these horrific events. Calcaterra massacre didn’t catch on — and most Throughout the Triangle on Andre Ritter, executive dean of the at least 25 Black people in the wrote the events were long referred to people still don’t know the story. Thursday, the UNC School of School of Dentistry, knew Barakat in Wilmington Massacre of 1898. as “the Wilmington Race Riot,” to false- “(The massacre) is not taught in Dentistry students and faculty volun- his first year as a dental student. Many think Kenan Stadium is ly portray the day as a violent uprising schools, it was basically erased from teered for the fourth annual DEAH “I think a lot of what we’re doing named after Kenan’s son, William of Black rioters stopped by white citi- the North Carolina history textbooks DAY, remembering former students today across the Triangle is a reflec- Rand Kenan Jr., a businessman, zens. In fact, the massacre was autho- or extremely minimized,” Watson said. who were murdered in 2015. tion of Deah’s spirit,” he said. philanthropist and UNC graduate rized in advance by former North Glenda Gilmore, history professor DEAH DAY stands for Directing Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salhad and who left most of his $95 million for- Carolina Governor Daniel Russell and at Yale University, covered the mas- Efforts And Honoring Deah And Razan Abu-Salhad were all known tune to UNC when he died. After a led by a former Confederate officer sacre in her book, “Gender and Jim Yusor. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his for their dedication to service beyond large donation, he requested the sta- named Alfred Waddell. Crow,” but said she was unaware of wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, just dentistry. According to Ritter, dium be named to memorialize his In her book, “A Day of Blood: The Kenan’s involvement in the massacre 21, and her sister Razan Mohammad that was a mobilizing factor for stu- parents. The stadium’s plaque memo- 1898 Wilmington Race Riot,” LeRae until reading Calcaterra’s article. Abu-Salha, 19, were shot in the head dents who organized the day. rializing them makes no mention of Umfleet wrote the machine gun “I don’t think it’s something UNC by a neighbor over a parking dispute. Thursday afternoon, nine UNC Kenan’s involvement in the massacre. squad led by William Rand Kenan should really want to promote — it’s Parents and friends of the vic - members volunteered with Habitat Taking place on Nov. 10, 1898, the Sr. was capable of firing 420 bullets shameful, and it’s horrifying that tims claimed that perpetrator Craig for Humanity in Efland, painting a Wilmington Massacre was a coup per minute. Eyewitnesses report- now we know it because it changes Stephen Hicks was motivated by house for a mother with three chil- planned by a white militia which ed the unit killed 25 Black people the whole meaning of the name of Islamophobia, pointing to the exe- dren. Matt Henrickson, a Habitat for killed anywhere from 60 to 300 within seconds at the intersection cution-style of the murders. Black residents, destroyed many of Sixth and Brunswick streets. As SEE KENAN, PAGE 7 Only months later, UNC students SEE DEAH, PAGE 7 I woke with a head full of songs. THE AVETT BROTHERS 2 Friday, September 28, 2018 News The Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel Established 1893 Sexual assault definitions vary across UNC-system 125 years of editorial freedom By Cole Villena system-wide can be difficult. Western Carolina University’s ath- RACHEL JONES Staff Writer “We don’t have the standard defi- letic department voiced opposition EDITOR-IN-CHIEF nitions,” she said. “Sometimes, we’re to adopting system-wide defini - [email protected] Officials from 10 UNC-system not talking about the same thing as tions. 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