Regarding Fergus M. Bordewich’s review of David Zucchino’s “Wilmington’s Lie” (Books, Jan. 4): In addition to the deaths and destruction of Wilmington’s African-American community, there was another equally important consequence of those riots. George H. White had already been elected to a second congressional term by the time the riots began. For the next 28 years after he left office in 1901, there would not be another African-American in Congress to represent the interests of 10% of the country. During those years, it would...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2020 17:03 UTC