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February 2nd
Mobilization Committee
A PROJECT OF 7HE NATIONAL ANTI-KLAN NETWORK
P.O. Box 741
Durham, North Carolina 27702
December 19, 1979
Dear Friend:
Last May, the Ku Klux Klan attempted to assassinate leaders of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference in Decatur, Ala. On November 3, they shot and killed five members
of the Communist Workers Party in Greensboro, N.C.
The Greensboro Massacre - murder on the streets in full daylight — is clear evidence that
we now face the possibility of an open fascist movement in America. This country's forces
of decency and justice must respond. If we do not have the will to show the nation the level
of our outrage, we will have lost the first major battle in the struggle for the 1980's.
Therefore, the National Anti-Klan Network is calling for a massive peaceful nonviolent mobilization in Greensboro on February 2,1980. We are writing to ask that
your organization become a co-sponsor of this event.
The February 2 date was chosen because it is the closest Saturday to February 1, which
wili be the 20th anniversary of the day four students sat down on lunch counter stools in
Greensboro in 1960, thus accelerating a decade of activism against racism. We are asking
people across the nation to come to Greensboro on that weekend to say NO to the Klan and
to join us in launching a new national offensive for justice in the coming decade.
Even before the Greensboro murders, it was clear that the Klan is increasing its activity
throughout our nation — organizing in schools, police departments, prison guard systems
.-md the military. North as well as South. The call 10 the February 2 mobilization comes out
of a remarkable national conference in Atlanta December 14-15. Organized by the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Interreligiou- Foundation for Community
Organization (IFCO), it brought together 3 broad range of civic, religious, political, labor,
and other social-sction gioups to plan new strategies to combat the Klan.
The conference was a follow up to an earlier gathering called by SCLC in Norfolk, Va., in
August, where 30 organizations trom 18 states established the National Anti-Klan Network.
The Atlanta conference broadened that Network and forged an unprecedented degree of
unity to turn back the tide of racist terror.
The call to the February 2 mobilization and the operating principles are enclosed. It
will be sponsored by the National Anti-Klan Network, and other organizations are
being asked to join as co-sponsors. We hope the list of co-sponsors will ultimately
include every organization in the country that is committed to freedom and justice.
Co-sponsorship means that (1) your organization agrees with the call and the operating
principles, (2) it agrees to the use of its name in publicity; (3) it can participate in decisionmaking in regard to the event; and (4) that, for this purpose, it is invited to send a representative to the first full meeting of the steering committee of the National Anti-Klan Net-
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Object Description
| Title | [Letter from the Mobilization Committee recruiting community involvement] |
| Date | 1979-12-19 |
| Creator | February 2nd Mobilization Committee |
| Biographical/historical note | The February 2nd Mobilization Committee was created in response to the 1979 Greensboro massacre, was based in Durham, NC, and was a project of the National Anti-Klan Network. |
| Subject headings | Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979 |
| Topics | Greensboro Massacre, 1979 |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description | This December 19, 1979 appeal letter from the February 2nd Mobilizing Committee solicits co-sponsorship of the group's activities by other community organizations. The letter describes recent Ku Klux Klan activity including the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre. The group's purpose was to arrange a demonstration in Greensboro on February 2, 1980, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins. The letter is signed by Rev, C.T. Vivian and Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., conveners of the Atlanta Anti-Klan Conference. Included are a statement of operating principles and ground rules for the organization, a call for mobilization, and a response/contribution form. |
| 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 | 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.00134.1189 |
| 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 | 884367655 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | February 2nd Mobilization Committee A PROJECT OF 7HE NATIONAL ANTI-KLAN NETWORK P.O. Box 741 Durham, North Carolina 27702 December 19, 1979 Dear Friend: Last May, the Ku Klux Klan attempted to assassinate leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Decatur, Ala. On November 3, they shot and killed five members of the Communist Workers Party in Greensboro, N.C. The Greensboro Massacre - murder on the streets in full daylight — is clear evidence that we now face the possibility of an open fascist movement in America. This country's forces of decency and justice must respond. If we do not have the will to show the nation the level of our outrage, we will have lost the first major battle in the struggle for the 1980's. Therefore, the National Anti-Klan Network is calling for a massive peaceful nonviolent mobilization in Greensboro on February 2,1980. We are writing to ask that your organization become a co-sponsor of this event. The February 2 date was chosen because it is the closest Saturday to February 1, which wili be the 20th anniversary of the day four students sat down on lunch counter stools in Greensboro in 1960, thus accelerating a decade of activism against racism. We are asking people across the nation to come to Greensboro on that weekend to say NO to the Klan and to join us in launching a new national offensive for justice in the coming decade. Even before the Greensboro murders, it was clear that the Klan is increasing its activity throughout our nation — organizing in schools, police departments, prison guard systems .-md the military. North as well as South. The call 10 the February 2 mobilization comes out of a remarkable national conference in Atlanta December 14-15. Organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Interreligiou- Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), it brought together 3 broad range of civic, religious, political, labor, and other social-sction gioups to plan new strategies to combat the Klan. The conference was a follow up to an earlier gathering called by SCLC in Norfolk, Va., in August, where 30 organizations trom 18 states established the National Anti-Klan Network. The Atlanta conference broadened that Network and forged an unprecedented degree of unity to turn back the tide of racist terror. The call to the February 2 mobilization and the operating principles are enclosed. It will be sponsored by the National Anti-Klan Network, and other organizations are being asked to join as co-sponsors. We hope the list of co-sponsors will ultimately include every organization in the country that is committed to freedom and justice. Co-sponsorship means that (1) your organization agrees with the call and the operating principles, (2) it agrees to the use of its name in publicity; (3) it can participate in decisionmaking in regard to the event; and (4) that, for this purpose, it is invited to send a representative to the first full meeting of the steering committee of the National Anti-Klan Net- lover, please) |
