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Object Description
Title
Why
was this
city
picked
for
battleground
?
Date
1979-11-05
Creator
Schlosser, Jim
Biographical/historical note
Jim
Schlosser
was
born
in
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
, on
January
5
,
1943
. He
graduated
from
Page
High
School
in
1961
and
later
attended
Guilford
College
,
earning
a
degree
in
English
in
1965
.
After
a
brief
stint
in
University
of
North
Carolina’s
School
of
Journalism
, he
enlisted
in the
Marine
Corps
Reserve
,
serving
six
months
of
active
duty
.
Upon
his
return
to
Greensboro
in
1967
, he was
hired
by the
Greensboro
Record
, for
whom
he
covered
feature
stories
regarding
political
rallies
and
local
racial
unrest
.
Schlosser
has
received
several
journalism
awards
and
other
honors
,
including
the
first
Unsung
Hero
Award
presented
by the
Joseph
M
.
Bryan
Foundation
in
2004
, and the
Alumni
Excellence
Award
from
Guilford
College
in
1997
.
Subject headings
Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics
Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This
November
5
,
1979
,
article
by
Jim
Schlosser
of the
Greensboro
Record
discusses
community
reaction
and
raises
the
question
of
why
Greensboro
became
the
site
of the
shooting
of
five
members
of the
Communist
Workers
Party
(CWP)
at an
anti-Klan
rally
on
November
3
,
1979
.
Most
community
and
civil
rights
leaders
,
including
local
NAACP
president
George
Simkins
,
stated
that the
incident
was "
isolated
" and should not
lead
outsiders
to
draw
"
unfair
conclusions
"
about
Greensboro
.
Simkins
did
,
however
,
criticize
the
police
response
. The
article
also
includes
background
material
on the
CWP
and its
relationship
to
other
factions
within
the
Communist
party
as
well
as
some
information
on
recent
KKK
activity
.
Other
leaders
interviewed
include
Mayor
Jim
Melvin
,
U.S
.
Attorney
H.M
.
Michaux
,
UNCG
professor
Alan
Trelease
,
North
Carolina
Civil
Liberties
Union
director
George
Gardner
, and an
unidentified
FBI
agent
in
Charlotte
.
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
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.1249
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
884367585
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