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Greensboro Massacre

On (1)November 3rd, 1979 a devastating massacre took place in (1)Greensborough, North Carolina. The (2)assimilative mentality that the Ku Klux Klan possessed caused a clash in Greensboro. The Klan (2)believed that they were superior over any other group. They believed that they were the only ones that belonged in Greensboro and so decided to get rid of anyone that was different. At first, the Klan mainly directed their energy to the wiping out of people of black race; however, later they then included Jews and Catholics. Bernard Butkovich, an agent who came to North Carolina to investigate the possession and use of illegal automatic weapons, (3)encouraged the Klan to kill rival Klansmen. Since the CWP had (3)rallied the China (3)Grove community against the Klan and had also humiliated them by (3)burning up their flag, the Klan made it a point to have their revenge on the CWP. The (3)CWP became frustrated with all the injustice that was going on in Greensboro and challenged the Klan pub...

Posted by: Garrick Christian

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