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Angry White Protest Over Death Sparks Roiling Wilmington Clash
About 250 armed white demonstrators gathered at Hugh McRae Park in Wilmington after the shooting death of Dante I. Joya. Authorities said a black man, William Thomas McGhee, 30, turned himself in on murder charges. The unrest followed a month of neighborhood tensions, with carloads of whites patrolling the area and police seizing firearms. A school bus firebombed outside the city symbolized desegregation tensions, while several stations and warehouses suffered glass and water-damage from bomb blasts. Police reported sniper-fire and multiple arsons, as officers worked 12-hour shifts in protective gear.
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H. E. Williamson
Joseph Mc Rogers
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