{"product_id":"codename-greenkil-the-1979-greensboro-killings-paperback","title":"Codename Greenkil: The 1979 Greensboro Killings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Wheaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 3, 1979, in a Greensboro, North Carolina, housing project, gunfire erupted when a group of Klansmen and Nazis responded to public challenges to \"face the wrath of the people\" at a Communist-sponsored anti-Klan demonstration. Eighty-eight terror-filled seconds later, four demonstrators were dead, one was dying, and nine others were wounded. All of the dead were members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCodename Greenkil\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Wheaton goes behind the scenes of the shootings to reveal the sixteen-year history of people and events that set the stage for the tragedy and its aftermath. In her new afterword, Wheaton looks at the legacy of the shootings, focusing in particular on the survivor-initiated Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose members were empaneled in June 2004 and issued their final report in May 2006.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eELIZABETH WHEATON (1943-2018) first wrote about the Greensboro killings in 1981 for the Institute for Southern Studies and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and later reported on two federal trials of the case for United Press International. Following a varied path through the world of writing, reporting, and publishing, she retired in 2000 to a woodland retreat in rural North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756073640269,"sku":"9780820331485","price":75.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/x9coFqElOa9780820331485.webp?v=1776722042","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/codename-greenkil-the-1979-greensboro-killings-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}