- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- After Violence, Community Leaders Ask For Calm
- Creator:
- Gruson, Lindsey
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Daily News
- Date of Original:
- 1979-11-04
- 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 4, 1979, article from the Greensboro Daily News, staff writer Linsey Gruson reports on calls for calm by Greensboro leaders following the November 3, 1979, Death to the Klan rally, at which five members if the Communist Workers Party (CWP) were shot to death. Black and white leaders, including Mayor Jim Melvin, Police Chief William Swing, pastors Frank Williams and Otis Hairtson, Councilman Jimmie Barber, and local NAACP president George Simkins joined to urge residents not to become violent. Melvin stated that the incident was unrelated to racial tension in the city and said there would be a full investigation. Williams noted that residents of the area where the shootings took place were angry at the police for not having been at the scene, at the CWP for choosing a heavily populated parade route through a residential area, as well as at the KKK members.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/70
- 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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