Several hundred people marched through Greensboro, North Carolina, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre and to complete the 1979 anti-Klan march that was cut short when Klansmen open fired on the group, killing five and wounding 11. The survivors of the massacre have formed the country's first truth and reconciliation commission, which will examine documents and hear testimony about the shootings.
This appears in the February 2005 issue of Sojourners
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