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Object Description
Title
After
Violence
,
Community
Leaders
Ask
For
Calm
Date
1979-11-04
Creator
Gruson, Lindsey
Biographical/historical note
Lindsey
Gruson
was a
staff
writer
for the
Greensboro
Daily
News
in
1980
.
Gruson
went
on to
work
for the
New
York
Times
and to
write
several
books
.
Subject headings
Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics
Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
In this
November
4
,
1979
,
article
from the
Greensboro
Daily
News
,
staff
writer
Linsey
Gruson
reports
on
calls
for
calm
by
Greensboro
leaders
following
the
November
3
,
1979
,
Death
to the
Klan
rally
, at
which
five
members
if the
Communist
Workers
Party
(CWP)
were
shot
to
death
.
Black
and
white
leaders
,
including
Mayor
Jim
Melvin
,
Police
Chief
William
Swing
,
pastors
Frank
Williams
and
Otis
Hairtson
,
Councilman
Jimmie
Barber
, and
local
NAACP
president
George
Simkins
joined
to
urge
residents
not to
become
violent
.
Melvin
stated
that the
incident
was
unrelated
to
racial
tension
in the
city
and
said
there would be a
full
investigation
.
Williams
noted
that
residents
of the
area
where
the
shootings
took
place
were
angry
at the
police
for not
having
been at the
scene
, at the
CWP
for
choosing
a
heavily
populated
parade
route
through
a
residential
area
, as
well
as at the
KKK
members
.
Type
Text
Original format
clippings
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Daily News
Language
en
Contributing institution
Greensboro History Museum
Source collection
Misc. Coll. -- James A. Armfield Papers
Rights statement
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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.1232
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
884367540
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