- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- [Letter from attorney Lewis Pitts to U.S. Attorney General William Smith]
- Creator:
- Pitts, Lewis
- Date of Original:
- 1982-03-24
- Subject:
- Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Massacres--North Carolina--Greensboro - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this March 24, 1982 letter, attorney Lewis Pitts implores U.S. Attorney General William French Smith to assign a special prosecutor to the Federal Grand Jury hearing related to the murder of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 3, 1979. Pitt argues that a special prosecutor is needed due to criminal acts of high ranking officials. This letter accompanied a Motion for Appointment of Special Prosecutor.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/2286
- 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:
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