- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- CWP Members Refusing To Cooperate With Agents
- Creator:
- Hackney, Brent
- Contributor to Resource:
- Berry, Steve
- 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, Brent Hackney and Steve Berry of the Greensboro Daily News report that members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) are not cooperating with the investigation into the shooting of five members of the CWP at a Death to the Klan rally in Greensboro on November 3, 1979. CWP leader Nelson Johnson had alleged a conspiracy involving law enforcement, and was refusing to talk to investigators. The article also discsusses the upcoming funeral march for CWP victims and recent developments in the case: District Attorney Mike Schlosser had not decided whether to pursue the death penalty, and local TV stations had not decided how to respond to a subpoena demanding their footage of the shootings.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/97
- 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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