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NC Reads - Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul by Aran Shetterly. In-Person
NC Reads Virtual Book Discussion – Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul by Aran Shetterly. 5:30 p.m. For adults. On November 3, 1979, activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes in Greensboro, North Carolina, when gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis sped from the scene, leaving behind five dead. Known as the “Greensboro Massacre,” the event and its aftermath encapsulate the racial conflict, economic anxiety, clash of ideologies, and toxic mix of corruption and conspiracy that roiled American democracy then—and threaten it today. This discussion is supported in part by North Carolina Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, www.nchumanities.org. Copies of the book are available for checkout, although it is not necessary to have read the book to participate in NC Reads. For more information, call (336) 570-6730.