Please attend Oct. 9 film, " Greensboro: Closer to the Truth"

The Greensboro massacre occurred on November 3, 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. In the shoot-out, five marchers were killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party while in a protest. It was the culmination of attempts by the Communist Workers Party to organize industrial workers, predominantly black, in the area.[1] The protesters killed were: Sandi Smith, a nurse and civil rights activist; Dr. James Waller, president of a local textile workers union who gave up his medical practice to defend workers; Bill Sampson, a Harvard University graduate in the school of divinity; Cesar Cause, an immigrant from Cuba who graduated magna cum laude from Duke University; and Dr. Michael Nathan, chief of pediatrics at Lincoln Community Health Center in Durham, NC, a clinic that helped children from low-income families.

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From: fishlabs@bellsouth.net
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:14:14 -0400
Subject: [oconee] FW: please attend Oct. 9 film, " Greensboro: Closer to the Truth"


MFMC to Host Oct. 9 Documentary, "Greensboro: Closer to the Truth"

 

Dear Moores Ford friends,

     At 7 p.m., Thursday, October 9, the Moores Ford Memorial Committee will show Greensboro: Closer to the Truth, a documentary film exploring the 1979 Greensboro (NC) Massacre and work of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission in uncovering the massacre's truths and lessons. Showtime is 7 p.m., Cine' Theater, 234 West Hancock Avenue in downtown Athens. 706-310-0010.

   More good news...

   At 2 p.m., Sat., Oct, 25, members of the Greensboro (NC) Truth and Reconcilation Project are coming to the Walton County Public Library in Monroe, GA to discuss their work . We plan to warm the event up next week and draw public attention to this important story, the first ever truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S., by hosting a film screening and discussion of an award winning film about the Greensboro Massacre of 1979. Also highlighted is the work of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, first ever TRC in the U.S, in examining the legacy of these killings. 

   "Church bells rang in South African when the commission began its work," said Project spokesman Ed Whitfield.    

   Showtime is 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Cine' Theater, 234 West Hancock Ave. in downtown Athens. Discussion will follow. Entry is $8 general admission, $6 limited income. This film screening is a fund raiser for Moores Ford Memorial Scholarships.

   Please download the attached flier, prepared by Cathi Watkins and friends, and post in public locations.  

   A longer press release will follow.

   See you at the Cine'!

   

   Rich  (Rusk), secretary

   Moores Ford Memorial Committee

 

480 Stanton Way, Athens, GA 30606

706-354-0321; 706-202-7802 cell; richrusk@bellsouth.net

 

For further information, contact Cathi Watkins: 706-310-0010; fishlabs@bellsouth.net. 

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