Death to the Klan flyer

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: 6264

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Content Description

Dates

Creation: 1981

Creator

Committee to Free the Pontiac Brothers (Organization)

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Historical note

The "Death to the Klan" movement arose in the wake of the Greensboro Massacre, an anti-Klan march held in Greensboro, NC on November 3, 1979, that turned violent and resulted in the death of two Communist Workers Party members, and three other participants. After the acquittal of those accused of these deaths, efforts to raise awareness of the activities of the KKK, neo-Nazis, and other white supremacists groups increased in many major cities, including but not limited to San Francisco.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Flyer announcing a "Slideshow/Discussion about the KKK and the Black Nation's fight for liberation", November 9, [1981], at the New Valley Ministry in San Francisco, and a statewide anti-Klan conference and demonstration on November 14th and 15th . The events were sponsored by the Inter-Club Council, and presented by the Committee to Free the Pontiac Brothers and Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. After the acquittal of the defendants in the Greensboro Massacre case, efforts to raise awareness of the activities of the KKK, neo-Nazis, and other white supremacists groups increased in many major cities, including but not limited to San Francisco.