Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina

Jacob Miller - October 1, 2017

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — A sign posted in a parking lot on East Market Street in Greensboro, November 11. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Signe Waller leads a funeral march to Maplewood Cemetery. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Communists participate in the funeral march to Maplewood Cemetery. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Photo taken during a march to Maplewood Cemetery. Greensboro News & Journal

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Conrad Powell comforts his wife Frankie Powell after the Klan-Communist shooting. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Jo Long of Colfax, home on leave from the U.S. Navy, has a one man demonstration against the Communist Workers Party on August 4, 1980. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Dean Masson of Guilford College stands in front of the old federal building during demonstrations after the KKK trial verdict was announced, November 18, 1980. Greensboro News & Records

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — People march in downtown Greensboro to protest the April 15 verdict in the federal Klan-Communist Trial May 4, 1984. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — People march in Greensboro to protest the April 15 verdict in the federal Clan-Communist trial on May 4, 1984. Greensboro News & Record

Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina — Photo of the Communist Workers Party memorial taken October 22, 1981 at the Maplewood Cemetery. Greensboro News & Record

Sources For Further Reading:

Teen Vouge – The Greensboro Massacre of 1979

Yes Weekly – Four Myths of The Greensboro Massacre

Politico – The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right

Medium – How Do You Reclaim a Massacre?

Greensboro – A Look Back at the 1979 Greensboro Massacre 40 Years Later

Charlotte Observer – Nazis, Klansmen Killed 5 People in NC 40 Years Ago During the Greensboro Massacre

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