Learning from Greensboro
Subtitle: truth and reconciliation in the United States
By: Lisa Magarrell and Joya Wesley ; foreword by Bongani Finca.
Contributors: Wesley, Joya.
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780812241105
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century; Human rights -- North Carolina -- Greensboro; Truth commissions -- North Carolina -- Greensboro; Massacres -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century; Riots -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century; Nazis -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century; Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations
Description: "On November 3,1979, in the Morningside neighborhood of Greensboro, North Carolina, a caravan of Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party members arrived on the scene of an anti-Klan protest. After a scuffle, some of the Klan and Nazis opened fire on the mostly unarmed, racially mixed gathering of political activists, labor organizers, and children. While news cameras filmed, five protesters were killed and ten were wounded. Police officers were notably absent at the time of the attack. State and federal criminal trials resulted in acquittals of the shooters by all-white juries." "Learning from Greensboro provides an insider's look at the truth and reconciliation process, including how it worked, the challenges it faced, and the local context in which it existed. The book offers valuable practical insights into the process of truth-telling and gives testimony to the possibility that denial, indifference, and hidden histories can be made to yield to a deeper and lasting justice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The truth about greensboro; title: Remembering victims and survivors; title: Individual truths; title: The truth commission idea; title: Building the framework; title: Seating the commission; title: Starting up, establishing independence; title: Research and the complexity of truth; title: Engaging the public; title: The report; title: Next steps and response; title: The project and the commission; title: The media and official Greensboro; title: Opposition and critiques; title: Interest and support from outside; title: Lessons from the process; title: An early assessment; title: Comparing Greensboro; title: Greensboro's legacy.