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Title	Basic operational plan: Commemoration of first sit-In
Date	1980-02
Date approximate?	yes
Creator	Greensboro Police Department
Biographical/historical note	Although the Greensboro Police Department did not actually come into existence as an officially sanctioned governmental agency until 1889, its roots extend back to the early 19th century. In 1810, the General Assembly passed a legislative charter for the town of Greensborough which set forth its first set of town regulations whereby six men were appointed as Commissioners of Police and were charged with preserving law and order in and for the town. In 1824, Greensborough became a self-governing town and was placed under the charge of five Town Commissioners, one of whom was the Town Constable. In 1829, the Town Commissioners appointed the first "Public Officer" and in March 1830, the Commissioners established a Citizen's Patrol system, designed to supplement the Public Officer position. By the middle of the 19th Century, Greensborough had three paid law enforcement officers, whose efforts were also supplemented by a Citizen's Patrol system. On July 11, 1889, the City of Greensboro instituted a new city charter, which gave the Board of Alderman power to appoint a police force, consisting of a Chief of Police and policemen, officially establishing the Greensboro Police Force. During the era of civil rights activity in the city, the Greensboro Police Department was led by Chief Paul B. Calhoun, from 1956-1974 and Chief William E. Swing, from 1975-1983. During this time period, the Greensboro police managed numerous non-violent and violent protests including public school desegregation, lunch counter sit-ins and protests’ against segregated businesses, Dudley High and North Carolina A&T State university protests, and the Klan and Nazi confrontation with Workers Viewpoint Organization (later Communist Workers Party) protestors. A full history of Greensboro’s Police Department can be found at http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Police/AboutUs/History/
Subject headings	Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics	Greensboro Massacre, 1979 Business desegregation and sit-ins, 1960
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This twenty four-page document was produced by the Greensboro Police Department in preparation for several upcoming events celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Woolworth lunch counter sit ins. The police department�s operational plans for these events are significant because the department was receiving intense criticism for their actions during a recent anti-Klan march that left five protestors dead. The Communist Workers Party was planning events to memorial the slain protestors to coincide with the sit in celebrations. The document outlines various events, primarily at North Carolina A&amp:T State University and Bennett College, and details police procedures and assignments. Also include are various maps of the areas to be secured.
Type	Text
Original format	reports
Original dimensions	8.5" x 11"
Original publisher	Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Police Department
Language	en
Contributing institution	Greensboro History Museum
Source collection	Misc. Coll. -- James A. Armfield Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	GHM_Misc. Coll.JArmfield.1224
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
OCLC number	884367619

Title	9.69.1224-01
Full text	£.A< AfimfotJ GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT Basic Operational Plan COMMEMORATION OF FIRST SIT-IN February 1, 1980 D. G. Jenkins, Captain Commanding Officer In Charge

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