Communist Workers Party 5 Died Fighting the KKK/Nazis Rather than Live as Slaves

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This flyer, produced by the Committee to Avenge the CWP 5, outlines the Communist Workers Party (CWP) position on events related to the November 3, 1979, Death to the Klan march that resulted in the death of five CWP protestors (also known as the Greensboro Massacre). The flyer states that five CWP members killed in the incident were targted for being leaders and also accuses the Greensboro Police Department and FBI of supporting the Ku Klux Klan. The flyer also promotes organizing and other activities of the CWP.

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Title: Communist Workers Party 5 Died Fighting the KKK/Nazis Rather than Live as Slaves
Who's responsible?: Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5 (Creator)
Additional historical information: 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.
Original creation or publication date: 1980
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1980-1989
Type of item: text
Original format: fliers (printed matter)
Subject headings: Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Events
Additional tags: Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Original publisher: Greensboro, N.C. : Committee to Avenge the Communist Workers Party 5
Copyright information: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Contributing Institution: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Collection: Blanche M. Boyd 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_RL.00134.1206
Gateway identifier: duke:249
OCLC number: 884367482

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