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Ku Klux Klan and Nazis Kill Five at Greensboro Communist Workers Party Rally

On November 3, 1979, members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party attacked a Communist Workers Party rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five participants in broad daylight. The attack was filmed by news cameras. FBI and local police informants had prior knowledge; an all-white jury acquitted all defendants in 1980. The event became known as the Greensboro Massacre.

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  1. November 3, 1979
    Ku Klux Klan and Nazis Kill Five at Greensboro Communist Workers Party Rally

    On November 3, 1979, members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party attacked a Communist Workers Party rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five participants in broad daylight. The attack was filmed by news cameras. FBI and local police informants had prior knowledge; an all-white jury acquitted all defendants in 1980. The event became known as the Greensboro Massacre.

  2. November 3, 1979
    Ku Klux Klan and Nazis Kill Five at Greensboro Communist Workers Party Rally

    KKK and American Nazi Party members attacked a Communist Workers Party rally in Greensboro, NC on November 3, 1979, killing five in broad daylight. The attack was filmed by news cameras. FBI and police informants had prior knowledge. An all-white jury acquitted all defendants in 1980.