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WAVE Transit reserves a seat for Rosa Parks at the front of each bus for her contribution to desegregating public transportation. (Photo Courtesy of WAVE Transit)

WAVE Transit pays tribute to Rosa Parks with reserved seat

Amelia Lindsey, News Editor February 10, 2023
In honor of Rosa Parks' birthday, Feb. 4, Wave Transit in Wilmington, North Carolina reserved a seat through Feb. 6 in the front of the bus in remembrance of her contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. The seat contained a placard describing Park’s role in desegregating public transportation.
A photo of white supremacists in front of the burned remains of "The Daily Record," 1898.

The 124th Anniversary of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre

Emmy Berger, Staff Writer December 11, 2022
On Nov. 10, 1898, a crowd of roughly 2,000 members of the then Democratic party invaded the second floor of Free Love Hall, the building that contained The Daily Record, and set it on fire. The attackers swarmed the rest of the city, killing what some reports indicate to be 60-300 victims.
Art for the 18th North Carolina Black Film Festival.

Highlights from the 18th North Carolina Black Film Festival

Eriq Dixon, Staff Writer March 30, 2022
On the weekend of March 25-27, the Black Arts Alliance (BAA) held the 18th annual North Carolina Black Film Festival (NCBFF). From student shorts to feature length movies, the NCBFF hosts a wide variety of films from artists around the world. Recent years have brought challenges for the festival, to say the least. With Hurricane Florence in 2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this year saw the festival’s in-person return with a great turnout.

Is Bruno Mars a culture vulture?

Veronica Wernicke, Assistant Opinion Editor March 15, 2018

Editor’s Note: Veronica Wernicke is a freshman at UNCW majoring in Communication Studies and is the Assistant Opinion Editor for The Seahawk. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of...

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