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.)
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.
Type
Text
Original format
posters
Original dimensions
16" x 22"
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5
