Fundraising letter from the Greensboro Justice Fund

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In this fundraising letter dated February 26, 1981, Dr. Marty Nathan, co-executive director of the Greensboro Justice Fund, seeks financial support for the civil rights suit against the Ku Klux Klan, the city of Greensboro, and the federal government following the November 3, 1979 Death to the Klan march where five protesters were killed. The letter was accompanied by a donation envelope and a copy of the group's February-March 1981 newsletter.

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Title: Fundraising letter from the Greensboro Justice Fund
Who's responsible?: Nathan, Marty
Greensboro Justice Fund (Creator)
Additional historical information: The Greensboro Justice Fund was organized in 1980, in response to the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979, colloquially known as the Greensboro Massacre. In addition to supporting the families of the five that were killed that day and litigation of the perpetrators in the 1980s, the GJF currently supports other grassroots groups and activists working for civil rights, social change, and radical democracy in the South. To learn more, please visit http://www.gjf.org
Original creation or publication date: 1981-02-26
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1980-1989
Type of item: text
Original format: correspondence
Subject headings: Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Events
Additional tags: Greensboro Massacre, 1979
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Contributing Institution: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Collection: Sydney Nathans Papers
Civil Rights Greensboro
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: Duke_UA.29.02.0130.1181
Gateway identifier: duke:93
OCLC number: 884367528

Fundraising letter from the Greensboro Justice Fund

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