Civil Rights Greensboro
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- Blackwell Urges Patient Attitude
- This February 12, 1960, article from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (WCUNC)reports that WCUNC Chancellor Gordon W. Blackwell advised students at the university to avoid the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that began on February 1, 1960, and were continuing at the time. Blackwell stated that participation by WCUNC students had inflamed the situation, and that the protests were "not a wise move", and he urged students to consider the community-wide implications of their actions.
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- Blind Strike May Drag On
- In this Greensboro Daily News article, W.K. Lee Jr. reports on a strike by employees at the Industries of the Blind in Greensboro. Lee notes that only two of the forty-three strikers are white, and says many black leaders feel "inaction on the strike will widen the chasm between blacks and whites in Greensboro." He also notes that the Industries management denies race as an issue, and states that there has been no direct contact between management and strikers. The workers organization, Concerned Workers for Industries of the Blind, claims they have been fighting for better working conditions and benefits for years. Many leaders claim they had looked into the situation and found no discrimination. Lee writes that a walk through the plant reveals many of the workers' safety complaints to be valid, but one manager says they are "within the limits required by the health department." Mentioned in the article are Rev. Julius Douglas, Thomas Bailey, Jack Elam, Louis Brooks, and Rev. George Gay. This article was clipped and saved in a scrapbook on race relations by Clarence "Curly" Harris, manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the 1960s sit-ins that spawned lunch counter sit-ins across the South and rejuvenated the civil rights movement.
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- Bond Gives Outlook
- This February 19, 1980 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on a talk by Georgia state senator Julian Bond who spoke on campus as a part of the college's eighth annual Journey Into Blackness event. The goal of the multi-day event was to expose the community to various aspects of the black experience. It was sponsored by the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB).
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- Bond To Lecture At Convo: Sally Peterson heads art series
- This September 27, 1968 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, announces upcoming visitors to the Guilford College campus including Georgia legislator and civil rights activist, Julian Bond, and civil rights leader and founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), James Farmer.
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- Boyd to Appear at G.C.
- This October 10, 1969 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, announces an upcoming visit and speech by Rev. Malcolm Boyd at the school on March 23, 1970. Rev. Boyd was a civil rights activist and a political and theological speaker.
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- But If You March...
- This November 8, 1979 editorial in The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) offers recommendations for students who may be planning to attend a funeral march commemorating individuals killed at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979. The editorial suggests that attendees go in a group, not carry weapons, and be very aware of their surroundings.
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- CWP Five
- This November 13, 1973, editorial from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), discusses the funeral march held November 11, 1979, to commemorate the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members killed at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979. The editorial notes that there were no serious incidents, although tensions were high, and that the march was in some ways more a political event than a funeral procession.
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- CWP Marches Dead in Peaceful Procession
- This November 13, 1979, article from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), discusses a funeral march held November 11, 1973, to commemorate the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members killed at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979. Some one thousand police officers and National Guard members outnumbered the four hundred marchers who were present. The march was peaceful and without incident, although there were numerous arrests for possession of weapons. Cold, rainy weather was cited as a factor contributing to the low attendance.
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- CWP says it has proof FBI had role in deaths
- This uncredited July 24, 1982, article from The [Raleigh] News and Observer discusses a claim by members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) that the group has evidence of an FBI conspiracy in the violence at the Death to the Klan march in Greensboro on November 3, 1979, which resulted in the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members. The evidence cited was a 1981 letter refuting FBI claims that the CWP had not been under investigation prior to the incident.
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- CWP scores political victory - The whole world is watching - The Klan/Nazi/FBI trials can't be kept closed
- This June 23, 1980 press release, issued by the Communist Workers Party (CWP), announces that the CWP will be filing criminal charges against law enforcement officers in Greensboro for assaulting CWP supporters who attempted to attend the murder trial of Klan and Nazi defendants related to the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre. The press release restates the CWP opinion that the November 3 shootings were part of a government conspiracy and that the trials were a cover-up designed to "squash people's resistance."
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- Call for Justice in Greensboro
- This tri-fold brochure was produced in support of federal prosecution for the murders of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march, on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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- Call for a special prosecutor for the grand jury investigating the Greensboro killings
- This petition calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor in the federal grand jury investigation into the murders of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 3, 1979. Although those accused of being involved with the murders had been acquitted by the North Carolina court system, the case had been appealed to the federal courts. During the federal hearing, information came to light about the involvement of FBI agents triggering a conflict of interest within the Justice Department, and thus the request for an outside prosecutor. The petition is endorsed by individuals representing various religious, community, and legal organizations.
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- Call for a special prosecutor for the grand jury investigating the Greensboro killings
- This three-page petition solicits community support for appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the murder of five Communist Party Members at the Death to the Klan march, on November 3, 1979, stating that the Justice Department's involvement in the case is a ""gross conflict of interest"". The petition drive was organized by Concerned Citizens of the November 3rd Incident. The second and third pages include names of initial supporters, many of them well-known individuals within the community.
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- Calm acceptance of Negroes seen at college
- This uncredited August 16, 1956, article from the Greensboro Record reports that the Student Government Association of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC) is confident that students "will accept calmly" the admission of two black students.
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- Cameramen: Klan Shooting Looked Planned
- This April 21, 1982, article by Larry King of the Greensboro Daily News discusses the testimony of two news photographers who said that the 1979 Greensboro Massacre looked like a planned action. Both reporters were eyewitnesses and also videotaped the incident. Both reported that they had not seen the demonstrators fire shots, and both identified specific Klansmen who had used their weapons.
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- Campus Racism "Old Hat"
- This February 8, 1973 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the lack of African American faculty on American campuses and how that perpetuates a racist mindset. The article cites the opinions and efforts of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to make relevant changes.
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- Carolinian Photos of the Funeral March in Greensboro
- This November 13, 1979, untitled photo spread from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), includes four captioned photographs of a funeral march held November 11, 1973, to commemorate the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members killed at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979. Photos described as follows: (1) "Honor guard led by widows Dale Sampson (left) and Signe Waller (right)." by Kenton Robertson, (2) "Man is searched and escorted away be National Guard." by Keith Kolischak, (3), "Female police officer shows tension during march." by Ric Hodges, and (4) "National Guard kept watchful distance..." by Ric Hodges.
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- Cartoons on Trial
- This October 2, 1979 editorial published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, defends cartoons recently published that had come under fire as racist. Carey points to the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB) as potentially segregationist and calls for a justification of their student-funded budget.
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- Chancellor Blackwell's speech to WCUNC students regarding the Greensboro sit-ins
- This four-page speech by Chancellor Gordon William Blackwell was delivered on February 9, 1960 and addresses Blackwell's concerns about WCUNC student involvement in the sit-ins that began the previous week. Blackwell states that the sit-ins were a bad idea and that student participation resulted in a negative perception of the university by some members of the community. He also mentions the "threat of violence" and suggests that student participation may have inflamed the issue. Blackwell closes by encouraging students not to participate in any public demonstration over the issue.
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- Chancellor Ferguson's response to Harry Fesperman concerning the UNCG food service workers' strike
- This letter, dated April 9, 1969, is University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson's response to a March 28 letter from Harry B. Fesperman of Thomasville, NC. Fesperman, father of a UNCH student, had written about his concern over student funds potentially being used to support the striking food service workers at UNCG. In his response, Ferguson assures Fesperman that no student funds were used for this purpose and that "outside influences" were responsible for most of the problems connected with the strike, which took place March 27 - April 2, 1967.
