- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Radical Left, Right Gaining Supporters
- Creator:
- Gruson, Lindsey
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Daily News
- Date of Original:
- 1979-11-07
- 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:
- This November 7, 1979, article, Lindsey Gruson of the Greensboro Daily News reports on growing support for radical groups on both the left and right, such as the Communist Workers Party (CWP), the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and the Nazi party. Five CWP members were shot and killed at an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro on November 3, 1979. The article also discusses divisions between various communist factions, the upcoming funeral march for the victims of the shootings, and the fact that several racist groups were offering assistance to the KKK in the aftermath of the shootings.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/150
- 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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