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rstpt.-ocL nrf
Landis - The Klan Tries to Rebuild its Shattered Image
August 25, 1979- Some Ku Klux Klansmen huddle nervously in a field at Bostian
and Old Beatty Ford Rd. in Landis. They shout at each other for two hours to build up
their image, which was shattered in China Grove. After seeing the coast is clear, they
flash their rifles and beat their chests. The most vicious poison drips from their lips.
They slander Jews as dirty and slimy. They say Black people "smell like billy goats."
One Klansman points to the darkness and says, "If there are any niggers down there
that comes up here, I'll put a bullet between their eyes. "
* * *
Just at a time when things are bad for all of us, when Black and White have more
reason than ever to unite, the Klan is trying to confuse us by telling us our problem
is each other. They are intensifying the conflict between different peoples in the working class, who are oppressed by the brutal system of capitalism,
SMASH THE KLAN WITH THE
CORRECT UNDERSTANDING AND
ARMED SELF-DEFENSE:
Historic Stand in China Grove
Shows How to Fight the Klan
Just a month and a half earlier,
the people of China Grove, along with
the Workers Viewpoint Organization,
chased these same scum Klansmen
off the lawn of the China Grove
Community Center. Armed with
pipes, bottles, sticks and
rifles, the people defended the China
Grove Community. They burned the
hated symbol of the Klansmen --their
confederate flags. Afte£_dese_rting -fc&eir
flags, these "brave Klansmen^jieietided
them by peeping out3t_lheL-is4ndow--as
the -njrgrPw^'t: np~Tnsrnoke.
Ebr weeks, the media and newspapers
had built up the Klan's showing of a
racist film, while afterward, in one
edition, they distorted the facts and
meaning of the people's heroic stand
against the Klan. Kicking the press
out of our ranks at the rally after the
demonstration was correct. The
bourgeoisie (rich capitalist class which
includes the Cannon, Cones, Dukes etc.)
uses many forms to disguise and maintain their rule. They use the newspapers
and media to make the Klan look strong
and the workers look weak.
Object Description
| Title | Landis: The Klan Tries to Rebuild its Shattered Image |
| Date | 1979-09 |
| Date approximate? | yes |
| Creator | Workers Viewpoint Organization |
| Biographical/historical note | The Workers Viewpoint Organization was a subgroup of the Communist Workers Party, U.S.A. |
| Subject headings | Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979 |
| Topics | Greensboro Massacre, 1979 |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description | This flyer, produced by the Workers Viewpoint Organization (later known as the Communist Workers Party), promotes an Anti-Klan Conference to be held November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, NC, and references an earlier altercation between Workers Viewpoint supporters and Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members in China Grove, NC. The flyer urges "armed self-defense" and suggests that the KKK "should be physically beaten and chased out of town." The Death to the Klan march associated with this conference was the site of violence as five members of the Workers Viewpoint/Communist Workers Party were shot and killed in the mayhem between protestors and members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party in what became known as the Greensboro Massacre. |
| Type | text |
| Original format | fliers (printed matter) |
| Original dimensions | 8.5" x 14" |
| Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : Workers Viewpoint Organization |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University |
| Source collection | RL.00134 Blanche M. Boyd Papers |
| Finding aid link | http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/boyd/ |
| 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 | Duke_RL.00134.1186 |
| 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 | 884367652 |
Page/Item Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | rstpt.-ocL nrf Landis - The Klan Tries to Rebuild its Shattered Image August 25, 1979- Some Ku Klux Klansmen huddle nervously in a field at Bostian and Old Beatty Ford Rd. in Landis. They shout at each other for two hours to build up their image, which was shattered in China Grove. After seeing the coast is clear, they flash their rifles and beat their chests. The most vicious poison drips from their lips. They slander Jews as dirty and slimy. They say Black people "smell like billy goats." One Klansman points to the darkness and says, "If there are any niggers down there that comes up here, I'll put a bullet between their eyes. " * * * Just at a time when things are bad for all of us, when Black and White have more reason than ever to unite, the Klan is trying to confuse us by telling us our problem is each other. They are intensifying the conflict between different peoples in the working class, who are oppressed by the brutal system of capitalism, SMASH THE KLAN WITH THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING AND ARMED SELF-DEFENSE: Historic Stand in China Grove Shows How to Fight the Klan Just a month and a half earlier, the people of China Grove, along with the Workers Viewpoint Organization, chased these same scum Klansmen off the lawn of the China Grove Community Center. Armed with pipes, bottles, sticks and rifles, the people defended the China Grove Community. They burned the hated symbol of the Klansmen --their confederate flags. Afte£_dese_rting -fc&eir flags, these "brave Klansmen^jieietided them by peeping out3t_lheL-is4ndow--as the -njrgrPw^'t: np~Tnsrnoke. Ebr weeks, the media and newspapers had built up the Klan's showing of a racist film, while afterward, in one edition, they distorted the facts and meaning of the people's heroic stand against the Klan. Kicking the press out of our ranks at the rally after the demonstration was correct. The bourgeoisie (rich capitalist class which includes the Cannon, Cones, Dukes etc.) uses many forms to disguise and maintain their rule. They use the newspapers and media to make the Klan look strong and the workers look weak. |
