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Administrative report of the Anti-Klan rally, Greensboro, North Carolina

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Title	Administrative report of the Anti-Klan rally, Greensboro, North Carolina
Date	1979-11-19
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 Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics	Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This official administrative report of the Greensboro Police Department documents the events surrounding the November 3, 1979 Death to the Klan rally where Nazis and members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) confronted Communist Workers Party (CWP) members and five protestors were killed . TThe entire report contains a narrative account of the events leading up to the shootings and a detailed account of the actual march and shootings complied through police reports, radio tapes, and interviews with departmental employees. There are also numerous maps and appendices, including leaflets promoting the rally; the parade permit application; copies of the specific legislation discussed at a police briefing on November 3; transcripts of radio tapes at the time of the shooting; list of those arrested, injured, and deceased; and a personnel list. The report was prepared by Captain R.G. Bateman, Lieutenant W.D. Ozment, and Captain D.C. Williams.
Type	text
Original format	reports
Original dimensions	8.5" x 11"
Original publisher	Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro Police Department
Language	en
Contributing institution	Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Source collection	UA.29.02.0130 Sydney Nathans Papers
Finding aid link	http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uanathans/
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	Duke_UA.29.02.0130.1184
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	884367768

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Full text	AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT OF THE. ANTI-KLAN RALLY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 3, 1979 WILLIAM E. SWING CHIEF OF POLICE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT November 19, 1979

Administrative report of the Anti-Klan rally, Greensboro, North Carolina

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