Jim Schlosser was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 5, 1943. He graduated from Page High School in 1961 and later attended Guilford College, earning a degree in English in 1965. After a brief stint in University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism, he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve, serving six months of active duty. Upon his return to Greensboro in 1967, he was hired by the Greensboro Record, for whom he covered feature stories regarding political rallies and local racial unrest. Schlosser has received several journalism awards and other honors, including the first Unsung Hero Award presented by the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation in 2004, and the Alumni Excellence Award from Guilford College in 1997.
Subject headings
Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Topics
Greensboro Massacre, 1979
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This November 5, 1979, article by Jim Schlosser of the Greensboro Record discusses community reaction and raises the question of why Greensboro became the site of the shooting of five members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) at an anti-Klan rally on November 3, 1979. Most community and civil rights leaders, including local NAACP president George Simkins, stated that the incident was "isolated" and should not lead outsiders to draw "unfair conclusions" about Greensboro. Simkins did, however, criticize the police response. The article also includes background material on the CWP and its relationship to other factions within the Communist party as well as some information on recent KKK activity. Other leaders interviewed include Mayor Jim Melvin, U.S. Attorney H.M. Michaux, UNCG professor Alan Trelease, North Carolina Civil Liberties Union director George Gardner, and an unidentified FBI agent in Charlotte.
