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Entries from June 2006

[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

In Public Hands

June 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The Greensboro Public Library has acquired 8 copies of Greensboro’s Child. Below is a map of the local branches where you can pick up a copy. Head out and borrow a copy for free and come back here leave a review and let’s talk. It should be a week before it makes it into rotation.

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Tags: Community · documentary · DVD · Viewing

[Video] Question

June 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Willena Cannon has experienced life to the extreme. She has helped poor people and the homeless throughout her life. When she said this short statement it went way over my head and I thought it was a little ridiculous. I was 23 years-old at the time I shot this clip. As I’ve experienced life over […]

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Tags: America · corporations · government · Obvious Reasons · Willena Cannon

[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