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Title	Film sparks protest at UNC-G
Date	1980-11-13
Creator	Gruson, Lindsey
Subject-LCSH	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Description	This November 13, 1980, article by Lindsey Gruson of the Greensboro Daily News, reports on the controversy surrounding a screening of the movie "; The Birth of a Nation"; as part of a history class at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Protesters stated the the movie would inflame racial tensions in Greensboro in light of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, while history professor Alan Trelease said the film was an important reflection of racial attitudes at the turn of the century.
Type	Text
Original format	Clippings
Repository	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries - http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/
Collection	University Archives Subject Files
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Copyright	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/copyright.php
Object ID	CRG1.58.371
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Digital collection homepage	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/ui.php
External site	This item is located within the Civil Rights Greensboro website at: http://library.uncg.edu/dp/crg/