UNCW Hosts NEH Summer Institute on 1898 Wilmington Coup

(July 3, 2024)

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Twenty-five middle and high school teachers from 12 states will gather at UNCW July 8-19 for a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute that focuses on the 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre, the only successful coup d’état in the nation’s history.

The summer institute, funded by a $167,000 NEH grant, brings sixth through 12th-grade educators together to study important topic in humanities and integrate their newfound knowledge into their classrooms. More than 100 educators from across the country submitted applications for the two-week residential program. This is the first time since 1997 that UNCW has hosted an NEH summer institute.