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Greensboro’s Child Part 8 of 8

August 15th, 2006 · No Comments

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Tags: 11/03/79 · 11/3/79 · CWP · Greensboro · Greensboro Massacre · KKK · Kwame Cannon · Theater

Time is up…

August 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

OK… I’ve had a lot of time to think about what the next steps should be with this documentary. I’ve gotten incredible feedback from the viewers at the screenings in Greensboro. Should I submit it to more film festivals? What about distribution? How about making copies available for schools? All of those were great suggestions […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · 11/3/79 · Andy Coon · Artistic Expression · Community · documentary · Greensboro Massacre · greensboros child · on line · thought

[Video] Our Justice System

June 16th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Lewis Pitts explains how the prosecuting attorney selected jurors for the State Trial for the November 3rd, 1979 shootings: From the News & Record article, Blame for shooting shared, report says: […] The all-white jury in the state criminal trial was caused by a “problematic jury selection process.” Before 1986, defense attorneys and prosecutors could […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · African American · CWP · excerpt · Greensboro · Greensboro Massacre · KKK · Lewis Pitts · Nazi · Obvious Reasons · State Trial · video

[Video] Sure We Paid, But We’ve Got Nothing To Apoligize For

June 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

After the defendants in the shootings were twice acquitted in state and federal trials, a civil trial found that Klansmen, Nazis and members of the Greensboro Police Department were jointly liable for the wrongful death of one of the five CWP members killed. Instead of appealing the decision, the city of Greensboro decided to to […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · civil trial · excerpt · Greensboro · Greensboro Massacre · Jim Melvin · KKK · mayor · Nazi · Obvious Reasons · verdict · video

[Video] GTRC: The Report Is Complete

May 29th, 2006 · No Comments

On Friday May 26th, 2006 The GTRC held a public hearing to officially wrap up their two years-worth of research into the events surrounding the Greensboro Massacre. Unless you go through the evidence yourself and speak to both the survivors and citizens of Greensboro that lived through the experience of 11/3, you’ll never truly understand […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · Community · Greensboro · Greensboro Massacre · GTRC · The GTRC · video

[Video] Scott Pryor: Pandemonium

May 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

This song is told through the eyes of one of the victims of November 3rd 1979. Scott is a great guy and very compassionate music writer. I came across Scott due to his admiration of my documentary. He compared 3 films about the Greensboro Massacre for his thesis paper at Guilford College. I was taken […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · Artistic Expression · Greensboro Massacre · Heartfelt · Loss · Music · Sad · Scott Pryor · Victim · video

[Video] Death To The Klan, 11/3/79 Footage

May 21st, 2006 · 10 Comments

This is footage of the November 3rd, 1979 anti-Klan rally held in Greensboro, NC named, Death to The Klan. The organization that promoted and held the rally was named the Communist Workers Party (CWP). The people slowly rolling up in the cars are with KKK and Nazi groups from around NC, looking to confront the […]

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Tags: 11/03/79 · 11/3/79 · Community · Death to the Klan · Greensboro · Greensboro Massacre · GTRC · KKK · Mourningside Homes · murder · Nazi · video