Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Sally Mann even (and perhaps especially) when

even (and perhaps especially) when it's unexpected

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first-hand oral histories from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library

--Luis Alberto Urrea

Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Sally Mann even (and perhaps especially) whenAn unflinching look at the all but forgotten though no less shocking 1979 racial tragedy that divided Greensboro, N. C., and the nation, and the grassroots activists who, in their tireless fight for justice, refused to give up on America's promised ideals. On November 3, 1979, as activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes in Greensboro, North Carolina, gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo Nazis sped