- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Leader Says Leftist Group Very New, Spinoff of WVO
- Creator:
- Lewis, Greg
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Daily News
- Date of Original:
- 1979-11-05
- Subject:
- Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Massacres--North Carolina--Greensboro - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this November 5, 1979, article from the Greensboro Daily News, staff writer Greg Lewis reports on the genesis of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) following the November 3, 1979, shootings in Greensboro in which five members of the party were killed at an anti-Klan rally. The CWP, according to leader Nelson Johnson, was a new organization created to replace the Workers Viewpoint Organization, an earlier group. The goal of the group was to "overthrow capitalism, institute a dictatorship of the rule of the proletariat and to build a socialist society." Johnson stated that the group was "not nonviolent" and that it had been "set up." He also stated that this was not a racial incident. The article also features an interview with the father of victim James Waller.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/128
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
Misc. Coll. -- James A. Armfield Papers - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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