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Oct 19, 2024 · Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul, re-opens a dark chapter of the city’s history many have struggled to definitively close. “I fully expect that a lot of people in Greensboro will dismiss me,” Shetterly told The Assembly in an interview this week. “‘Oh, here comes another outsider ...
3 days ago · Five demonstrators were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party during protests in 1979. Five anti-Klan marchers were killed and 10 others wounded during the ...
May 13, 2022 · In an instant following Heather Heyer’s murder, Charlottesville became reminiscent of Greensboro and 2017 blatantly mirrored the dawn of the 1980s, a troubling period of racial conflict and frayed politics.
Jan 13, 2017 · One of the wounded was the Democratic representative from Alabama’s Fourth District, Kenneth A. Roberts who was shot in the leg. The suspects were arrested, tried and convicted in federal court, receiving what amounted to life sentences.
Oct 14, 2020 · The attack, commonly referred to as the Greensboro Massacre, happened on November 3, 1979, when Communist Workers Party members met for a “Death to the Klan” rally, according to an account of the...
Dec 19, 2017 · Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, displays a pistol to express his support for the Second Amendment as he speaks at a campaign rally on September 25, 2017, in ...
Jan 7, 2021 · This dramatic image shows how the formal proceedings came to a violent halt as Capitol police officers drew their guns on doors being attacked by protesters intent on entering the House Chamber.