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Ashby Dialogue: Greensboro's Hidden Legacy
The Impact of Nov. 3, 1979 on the City Today

GREENSBORO - On November 3, 1979 protestors with the Communist Workers Party hoping to organize textile mill workers, gathered to march; however, in the African-American community where they assembled, the social protest was brought to a halt by the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi members who began shooting into the crowd. Five people were killed, and another 10 were wounded. Two criminal trials later rendered not guilty verdicts.

This year’s annual Ashby Dialogue will explore the impact of that day on the history of Greensboro. Coordinated by the departments of communication studies, sociology, religious studies and theatre, all events are free of charge and open to the public.

The Ashby Dialogue Fund and Forum is an annual event focusing on interdisciplinary study. The Ashby Dialogue honors the late Dr. Warren Ashby, a faculty member from 1949 to 1985. Changing in its design every year, the forum reflects Ashby’s view that the university is “freedom in the search and service of truth."

Event schedule:

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7 - 9 p.m. – Survivor and author of “Love and Revolution: A Political Memoir,” with Signe Waller, Elliot University Center, Phillips Room

Thursday, Oct. 9, 6 - 8 p.m. – Legal counsel for the survivors' civil trial, with Attorney Lewis Pitts, Elliot University Center, Cone Ballroom-A

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1 - 3 p.m. – “Through Survivors' Eyes: From the Sixties to the Greensboro Massacre,” with Sally Avery Bermanzohn, New Science Building, Room 201

Tuesday, Nov. 25, 7- 9 p.m. – Greensboro City and County Government Leaders, Elliot University Center, Claxton Room

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7 - 9 p.m. – Discussion by Greensboro academic panel, Elliot University Center, Claxton Room

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