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'I knew I had to get this right': Author takes deep dive into 1979 Greensboro Massacre
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'I knew I had to get this right': Author takes deep dive into 1979 Greensboro Massacre
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Communist Workers Party member Nelson Johnson kneels by one of the victims in the aftermath of the Greensboro Massacre. Five demonstrators were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party during protests in 1979 — one of the city’s darkest days.
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Five anti-Klan marchers were killed and 10 others wounded during the Greensboro Massacre on Nov. 3, 1979. Many years later, the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report said there was shared blame for the violence, including the Communist Workers Party’s goading of the Klan, but that the single pivotal piece was the absence of police.
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GREENSBORO — Aran Shetterly came to the city for a stop on a tour of his father’s artwork at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and walked away with the idea for his next book.
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