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The Greensboro Massacre, 1979 : shootout between the American Nazis and the Communist Workers Party.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Archives unbound.
- Archives unbound
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greensboro (N.C.)--History.
- Greensboro (N.C.).
- Riots--North Carolina--Greensboro.
- Riots.
- Communist Workers Party (U.S.).
- National Socialist Party of America.
- Massacres--North Carolina--Greensboro--History--20th century.
- Massacres.
- Communists--North Carolina--Greensboro.
- Communists.
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro.
- Civil rights workers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13,239 images).
- Other Title:
- Greensboro Massacre, 1979: Confrontation between the Ku Klux Klan and the Communist Workers Party
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- On November 3, 1979 a rally and march of black industrial workers and Communists was planned in Greensboro, North Carolina against the Ku Klux Klan. The "Death to the Klan March" was to begin in a predominantly black housing project called Morningside Homes. Communist organizers publicly challenged the Klan to present themselves and "face the wrath of the people". During the rally, a caravan of cars containing Klansmen and members of the American Nazi Party drove by the housing projects where the Communists and other anti-Klan activists were congregating. What then occurred is in dispute, from rock-throwing and taunts on both sides to the sound of gunfire and deaths of five protest marchers. This collection of FBI, local and state police, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, shed new light on the motivations of the Communist organizers, the shootings, subsequent investigations, and efforts to heal the Greensboro community.
- Notes:
- Date range of documents: 1979-1981.
- Reproduction of the originals from the FBI Headquarter Library.
- Online resource (viewed November 25, 2015); title from home page.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- OCLC:
- 816349101
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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