- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Conyers says Congress may join in probe of Greensboro slayings
- Creator:
- unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1981-11-14
- 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 14, 1981 article reports that Congress may become involved in the investigation of events surrounding the murder of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 3, 1979. Representative John Conyers of the House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice suggested that his committee might recommend further action if the Justice Department concluded that federal civil rights charges were not appropriate. The subcommittee was also considering changes to federal civil rights law. The article is credited to the Associated Press and was published in the Durham Sun.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/1974
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Extent:
- 8.5" x 11"
- Original Collection:
- http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
MSS091 Edward F. Burrows Papers, 1948-1982
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
-
