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Center for
Constitutional Rights
853 Broadway • 14th floor • New York, New York 10003 • [212] 674-3303
March 23, 1981
Mr. H.M. Michaux
U.S. Atty. for the Middle District
of North Carolina
Federal Courthouse
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
Dear Mr. Michaux:
This letter is being written to support the interpretation
of the legal team of the Greensboro Justice Fund in regard to the
protection offered by the federal civil rights statutes, 18 U.S.C.
241, 242 and 245. We are aware that the Justice Fund has been
attempting, thus far unsuccessfully, to convince the U.S. Government
of the necessity of launching an investigation leading to the
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of civil rights activists while they were exercising their First
Amendment rights in Greensboro in 1979. Our understanding is that
you are not yet convinced that the above cited statutes provide
the requisite jurisdiction to initiate such an investigation.
*
We are firmly convinced that there is absolutely no jurisdictional barrier to prompt government action in this case. 18 U.S.C
241, 242 and 245 were enacted for the very purpose of allowing the
federal government to intervene in situations where, for one reason
or another, the local courts have not been able to assure that the
constitutional rights of political activists are fully respected.
Our conclusion is based on an extensive analysis of the legislative
history of these statutes which we conducted in preparation for our
testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary
Committee on December 9, 1980. As stated before the Committee,
these statutes, "known historically as the 'KKK Statutes', ...
provide an immsdiate criminal remedy against conspiracies to use
violence and threats of violence against citizens exercising their
elementary constitutional rights". By failing to exercise the full
prosecutorial authority of the federal government against those who
violate the basic rights of citizens, the federal government negates
its fundamental responsibility as the ultimate guarantor of those
rights.
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Object Description
| Title | [Letter from Center for Constitutional Rights to US Attorney H.M. Michaux] |
| Date | 1981-03-23 |
| Creator | Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.) |
| Biographical/historical note | The Center for Constitutional Rights is based in New York City and supported the investigations into the murders of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march on November 3, 1979—colloquially known as the Greensboro Massacre. http://ccrjustice.org/ |
| Subject headings | Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979 |
| Topics | Greensboro Massacre, 1979 |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description | This letter from professor Aruther Kinoy and attorney Frank E. Deale of the Center for Constitutional Rights to U.S. Attorney H. M. Michaux was written in support of the legal team working on behalf of the Greensboro Justice Fund, and urges a federal investigation of the murders of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march, on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| Type | text |
| Original format | correspondence |
| Original dimensions | 8.5" x 11" |
| Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
| Source collection | MSS091 Edward F. Burrows Papers, 1948-1982 |
| Finding aid link | http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356 |
| 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 | MSS091.0086 |
| 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 | 884369208 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | Center for Constitutional Rights 853 Broadway • 14th floor • New York, New York 10003 • [212] 674-3303 March 23, 1981 Mr. H.M. Michaux U.S. Atty. for the Middle District of North Carolina Federal Courthouse Greensboro, North Carolina 27401 Dear Mr. Michaux: This letter is being written to support the interpretation of the legal team of the Greensboro Justice Fund in regard to the protection offered by the federal civil rights statutes, 18 U.S.C. 241, 242 and 245. We are aware that the Justice Fund has been attempting, thus far unsuccessfully, to convince the U.S. Government of the necessity of launching an investigation leading to the r\y^\n/>^,ifi »"MP r^ ■£ +~ *"» C\ -I ■*-* /"i *• ' T -i ni« i 1 r? ■*- AMnA*1C1 l\'l fi -C /-, -v a-1-^ »—* -*-U1 , ^- — *» 1 — *.».* -. .•» £-?-i_^/*-.Cwv*i_.-*-^.i.i. VA L-i.*t- X*.*.0-j-v^_*-*.U.C*.j_0 LCuUUilOJ.lyo.C J-Ui. U- *.IG i.tJ.UJ.i.-1-wOG kJiG) ,^UC of civil rights activists while they were exercising their First Amendment rights in Greensboro in 1979. Our understanding is that you are not yet convinced that the above cited statutes provide the requisite jurisdiction to initiate such an investigation. * We are firmly convinced that there is absolutely no jurisdictional barrier to prompt government action in this case. 18 U.S.C 241, 242 and 245 were enacted for the very purpose of allowing the federal government to intervene in situations where, for one reason or another, the local courts have not been able to assure that the constitutional rights of political activists are fully respected. Our conclusion is based on an extensive analysis of the legislative history of these statutes which we conducted in preparation for our testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee on December 9, 1980. As stated before the Committee, these statutes, "known historically as the 'KKK Statutes', ... provide an immsdiate criminal remedy against conspiracies to use violence and threats of violence against citizens exercising their elementary constitutional rights". By failing to exercise the full prosecutorial authority of the federal government against those who violate the basic rights of citizens, the federal government negates its fundamental responsibility as the ultimate guarantor of those rights. Cable: Centerites New York Contributions to CCR are tax-deductible |
