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Title	Avenge the murder of the CWP 5
Date	1979-11
Date approximate?	yes
Description	This large newsprint poster announces a march and demonstration held November 11, 1979, to coincide with funeral services for four of the five Communist Workers Party (CWP) members killed at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979. The CWP had recently changed its name from the Workers Viewpoint Organization.
Creator	Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5
Biographical/historical note	The Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5 was founded in response to the November 3, 1979 Death to the Klan march that took place in Greensboro and left five of the protesters dead. The Communist Workers Party (formerly the Workers Viewpoint Organization) organized the march. The event is also known as the Greensboro Massacre.
Subject headings	Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics	Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Type	Text
Original format	posters
Original dimensions	16" x 22"
Original publisher	Greensboro, N.C. : Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5
Language	en
Contributing institution	Greensboro History Museum
Source collection	Prints and Drawings
Collection home page	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/CivilRights
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Greensboro History Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA.
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	9.069.1226
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	884367670

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