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KOK'H CAMODNA
SCHOOL. OF LAV
POSTAL CODE 27706
October 5, 1981
Mr. William Kaplan
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of
the House Committee on the Judiciary
House Annex 2 H2-362
House of Representatives
Washington,'D.C. 20515
ATTEN: Oliver Quinn
As briefly as possible, the following summary outlines the several
federal criminal statutes which warrant either federal grand jury consideration or, at least, appropriate FBI and Justice Department investigation
to determine whether there is a sufficient basis to secure federal indictments against identifiable persons involved in the death of five other
persons plus the intimidation of many others, in respect to the killings,
injuries, and disrupted lawful parade and assembly, in Greensboro, North
Carolina.
I- 13 U.S.C. §245. The imbroglio involving identified members of the Ku
Klux Klan and the Nazi Party occurred at the start of a pre-announced assembly
and march on the publicly-owned, municipally-administered streets of Greensboro,
North Carolina. The assembly and planned march were pursuant to a parade permit
for which application was made to the City of Greensboro, and which the City
had granted for the day and route of the event. There is substantial reason
to believe that the purpose of the Klan-Nazi engagement at the gathering site
was to intercept and disrupt or prevent the march from being held, to deprive
[Letter from William Van Alstyne to US House Committee on the Judiciary]
Date
1981-10-05
Creator
Van Alstyne, William W.
Subject headings
Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics
Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This nine page, 1981 letter from Duke University law professor William Van Alstyne to William Kaplan encourages the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the House Committee on the Judiciary to become involved with moving forward an investigation into the murder of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 3, 1979. The letter outlines numerous federal statutes warranting federal grand jury consideration or Justice Department investigation, and concludes with Van Alstyne's legal analysis of the situation. The letter appears to be a photostat copy.
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
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Duhc ilntfcretty
KOK'H CAMODNA
SCHOOL. OF LAV
POSTAL CODE 27706
October 5, 1981
Mr. William Kaplan
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of
the House Committee on the Judiciary
House Annex 2 H2-362
House of Representatives
Washington,'D.C. 20515
ATTEN: Oliver Quinn
As briefly as possible, the following summary outlines the several
federal criminal statutes which warrant either federal grand jury consideration or, at least, appropriate FBI and Justice Department investigation
to determine whether there is a sufficient basis to secure federal indictments against identifiable persons involved in the death of five other
persons plus the intimidation of many others, in respect to the killings,
injuries, and disrupted lawful parade and assembly, in Greensboro, North
Carolina.
I- 13 U.S.C. §245. The imbroglio involving identified members of the Ku
Klux Klan and the Nazi Party occurred at the start of a pre-announced assembly
and march on the publicly-owned, municipally-administered streets of Greensboro,
North Carolina. The assembly and planned march were pursuant to a parade permit
for which application was made to the City of Greensboro, and which the City
had granted for the day and route of the event. There is substantial reason
to believe that the purpose of the Klan-Nazi engagement at the gathering site
was to intercept and disrupt or prevent the march from being held, to deprive
