- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Racial Tension Mounts Here Following King's Death
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-18
- Subject:
- Guilford College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Race relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This April 18, 1968 front page feature published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on events occurring on the Guilford campus following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as the range of feelings expressed by members of the college community. The college held a memorial service and a silent vigil on the edge of campus before the City of Greensboro imposed a curfew. The curfew was put in place following an incident at North Carolina A&T State University where three police officers were shot. As part of the curfew, the National Guard set up a blockade on Friendly Road in front of the college to, "prevent unauthorized vehicles from entering Greensboro."
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/958
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
The Guilfordian (Civil Rights Clippings) - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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