Greensboro Massacre Collection
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"...no condescending saviors,"
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A publication by Noel Ignatin of the Sojourner Truth Organization. Includes a critique of China for its diplomatic relations with the U.S., and a reassessment of the respective roles of the Soviet Union and China in international politics, through a prolonged analysis of the economic system of the Soviet Union since its creation and the way both China and the Soviet Union approached anti-imperialist struggles throughout their history. There are also excerpts from the New Left Review by Hungarian poet Kiklos Haraszti who criticized working conditions in Hungary.
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A City of Two Tales: The Greensboro Massacre of November 3, 1979 in Fact, Context, and Meaning by Signe Waller, PhD, 2005
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“A City of Two Tales”, a report on the Greensboro Massacre by Signe Waller covering the facts of the massacre, the context leading up to it, and the meaning of the massacre, all through the lens of a woman who was widowed by but survived the Greensboro Massacre. Covers the different narratives that have been told about the Greensboro Massacre, facts about what the police knew about the massacre, the political climate surrounding the massacre, and the litigation of the massacre.
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A City of two tales: The Greensboro Massacre of November 3, 1979, in Fact, Context and Meaning
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A book by Signe Waller about the Greensboro Massacre and the different narratives about it. Includes first hand information about the Greensboro Massacre, the events leading up to it, and the events after it, analysis of the dominant narrative of the massacre as fringe right and left wing extremist groups engaging in a shootout, and suggestions for a new alternative narrative about the Greensboro Massacre.
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Africa, 1968 - 1977
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Anti-colonial overview of the political and economic situation of Africa in the years 1968-1977, through newspaper clipping about major African political events, and anti-colonial polemic.
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Africa, 1977 - 1978
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Anti-colonial struggles in Africa from 1977-1978 through news clippings, particularly focusing on the struggle against South African apartheid, the Zimbabwean war of independence, and the Eritrean revolution, with reflection on the relationship between the Rhodesian and South African governments and the U.S.
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African Liberation Day - 1973
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A periodical by the African Liberation Support Committee about African Liberation Day, involving a summary of the event, a message ab0ut African Liberation Day by a member of the African Liberation Support Committee, a perspective of African Liberation Day in cities across the U.S., and a comment about its impact in Canada and the Caribbean.
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African Liberation Support Committee, African Liberation Day, 1976 - 1977
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News clippings detailing the positions of the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), identifying the anti-colonial struggle in Africa with the global struggle against the bourgeois, alongside some minutes and notes taken on ALSC meetings. Describes the creation of African Liberation Day, a celebration of solidarity with the African struggle against imperialism organized by the ALSC including a rally in Washington D.C.
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African Liberation Support Committee, General, 1976 - 1977
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A collection of clippings containing several documents from the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), including thank you notes, plans for television appearances, discussions on what to include in ALSC publications, what the ALSC stands for, fact sheets, periodicals, and press releases. There are also several newspaper clippings, involving information about Zimbabwe refugee camps, drives to support Zimbabwe, plans for Zimbabwe liberation day, and organized opposition to South Africa through protest and boycott, There are also clippings about those who identify a gas shortage hoax trying to align with the ALSC, and about multiple organizations that marched for African Liberation Day and how they disagreed with one another.
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African Liberation Support Committee, Gernie Cummings, Wilmington Ten, 1977 - 1978
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Collection of Newspaper clipping which features a rally in D.C. for African Liberation Day, a commemoration of Soweto Martyrs, criticism of the North Carolina National Banks for ties to South Africa, information about Gernie, a black man, being beaten by police, a car accident involving the African Liberation Support Committee basketball team, the prosecution of the sheriff deputies that beat Gernie, the Wilmington 10 decision, responses to the decision, the confrontation between UNCG students and a South African representative guest speaker, and a march in Kingston for better living conditions.
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Afro-American organizations and struggles, 1975 December - 1981 December, bulk: 1980 - 1981
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A series of news clipping including a celebration of black artists, a variety of stories about protests amongst students and about the issues of black education, issues of police brutality and racial violence, calls for black unity, Ku Klux Klan demonstrations and anti Klan demonstrations, reflections on the economic situation in the U.S. and its effect on blacks, and a wide variety of ways that people have organized to oppose racial violence and inequality across the U.S. and ways people have reflected on the situation of blacks in the 60’s compared to the 80’s.
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Afro-American organizations and struggles, 1982 January - 1985 February, and undated
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A group of new clippings covering topics including recent racial violence across the U.S. including the Greensboro Massacre, a call for black unity through socialism, the attempts of several black leaders to work within the U.S. political system by running for office, the founding of the Uhuru community center in Greensboro and a statement of its aims, an analysis and condemnation of Reaganism and its effects on the black community, and the wrongful arrest of black men with a focus on the cases of Fred Carter John McCombs, jr.
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Aftermath of November 3, 1979 December - 1981 December
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News clippings including the immediate response of the press to the Greensboro Massacre and criticism of that response, a reflection on how the Greensboro massacre effected those involved, including the families of the deceased and the defendants, how the Communist Workers Party, the KKK, and the Nazr organizations involved responded to the publicity of the massacre and the trial, a reflection on how the massacre effected the community where it occurred, and a review of how the press handled the questions of government and police involvement and knowledge of the massacre beforehand.
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Aftermath of November 3, 1982 March - 1985 November
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Collection of news clippings on the Greensboro Massacre, including calls for probes into the killings, examples of how the Greensboro Massacre is utilized in politics, press reactions to both the enduring activity surrounding the Greensboro massacre and the amount of reporting surrounding it, example of the cultural impact of the Greensboro massacre, increases in violence following the Greensboro Massacre and ways people have organized against it, Signe Waller’s response to the second not-guilty verdict for the accused killers involved in the Greensboro Massacre, and discussion of what police and the FBI did and did not know about the killings before they happened.
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Agreement Between Cone Mills Corporation Granite Finishing Plant and Textile Workers Union of America, 1976
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An official agreement between the Granite Finishing Plant of Cone Mills Corporation of Haw River North Carolina and the Textile Workers Union of America, a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Addresses issues of grievances, arbitration, strikes, lockouts, production, overtime, hours, pay, holidays, layoffs, vacation, insurance, and myriad other worker concerns.
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All Africa is standing up! [1977-09]
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African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) periodical detailing the upcoming Zimbabwe liberation day, the medical plight of mine workers in the U.S., details about the success of a recent ALSC committee meeting in New York, a criticism of U.S. racist policy domestically and abroad, a reflection on the legacy of Mao Zedong, and commentary on a worker demonstration called “Blackout ‘77”.
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All Africa is standing up! [1977-10]
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African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) periodical detailing the upcoming Zimbabwe liberation day, including an interview of a Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) representative, criticism of U.S. foreign policy in Panama, reflection on the Russian, Chinese, and Vietnamese revolutions, and about attempts to unionize southern United States textile workers.
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