Coming Soon
Red November
Black November
a 16 mm documentary film
of the Greensboro Massacre
Cesar Cauce
November 3, 1979
Greensboro, North Carolina
The lead pickup stopped. A
Klansman, leaning out the window, fired a shot into the air. The
crowd of anti-Klan
demonstrators — men, women,
and children — scattered.
With cool, military precision,
the men removed semiautomatic rifles and shotguns
from their car trunks and fired
steadily for two deadly minutes.
Ambushed, the demonstrators
fought back with fists and
picket sticks.
When the shooting stopped, five members of the
Communist Workers Party lay dead or
dying from gunshot wounds in the
head and heart.
Bill Sampson
"In Germany, they came first for the communists. I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a communist. Then, they came for the Jews. I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for the trade
unionists. . . Then, they came for the Catholics. . . Then, they came for
me. And, by that time, no one was left to speak up."
Rev. Martin Niemuller
Germany, 1939
Ceasar Cauce Publishers were the publishers and distributors of Red November Black November, a documentary film about the Novemeber 3, 1979 Death to the Klan march that took place in Greensboro and left five of the protesters dead. The film company was named for Communist Workers Party activist, Cesar Cauce, one of the murdered protesters.
Subject headings
Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics
Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This undated flyer announces an upcoming documentary on the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre entitled "Red November Black November". The film was directed and produced by Sally Alvarez and Carolyn Jung and distributed by Cesar Cauce Publishers and Distributors. The title is a reference to a 1917 poem by Ralph Chaplin for the International Workers of the World (IWW).
Type
text
Original format
fliers (printed matter)
Original dimensions
8.5" x 11"
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Cesar Cauce Publishers and Distributers, Inc.
Language
en
Contributing institution
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Coming Soon
Red November
Black November
a 16 mm documentary film
of the Greensboro Massacre
Cesar Cauce
November 3, 1979
Greensboro, North Carolina
The lead pickup stopped. A
Klansman, leaning out the window, fired a shot into the air. The
crowd of anti-Klan
demonstrators — men, women,
and children — scattered.
With cool, military precision,
the men removed semiautomatic rifles and shotguns
from their car trunks and fired
steadily for two deadly minutes.
Ambushed, the demonstrators
fought back with fists and
picket sticks.
When the shooting stopped, five members of the
Communist Workers Party lay dead or
dying from gunshot wounds in the
head and heart.
Bill Sampson
"In Germany, they came first for the communists. I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a communist. Then, they came for the Jews. I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for the trade
unionists. . . Then, they came for the Catholics. . . Then, they came for
me. And, by that time, no one was left to speak up."
Rev. Martin Niemuller
Germany, 1939
