{"id":4544,"date":"2021-07-18T20:53:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T03:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/?p=4544"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:51:05","slug":"1969-greensboro-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/07\/18\/1969-greensboro-uprising\/","title":{"rendered":"1969 Greensboro uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"

While correcting the texts for the San Bernardino Sun, 24 May 1969 on the California Digital Newspaper Collection<\/a>, I came across a couple of pages full of articles on the various incidents occurring at that time on college campuses across the country.
\nThere was mention of strikes at UC Riverside in solidarity with student strikers in Berkeley, mention of the LA city council calling for President Nixon to start a federal investigation into the beating of white students by “negro militants” at LA City College and this, which I was unfamiliar with:<\/p>\n

Guardsmen Attack N. Carolina
\nDormitory, Oust Negro Snipers<\/p>\n

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
\nNational Guardsmen using aircraft, rifles, smoke bombs
\nand tear gas routed black militant snipers from a dormitory
\nat North Carolina A&T University yesterday and methodically
\nswept through every building on the Negro campus.
\nIn a dawn assault at Greensboro, covered by a light plane
\nand helicopter which dropped tear gas canisters, some 800
\nGuardsmen captured Scott Hall, a dormitory where armed
\nblack militants had holed up sniping at police and soldiers
\nsince Thursday.
\nThe troops fired rifles and lobbed canisters of gas as they
\npoured into the dormitory and routed the holdouts. Windows were
\nshattered, doors splintered and brick walls flecked with bullets
\nscars.
\nAt least seven persons, including five policemen, were injured in
\na gun battle that erupted after midnight and triggered the
\nNational Guard charge.
\nBut Guard officials said their troops suffered only one casualty
\na military policeman shot in the arm in the securing of Scott Hall.
\nAn estimated 200 persons were taken into “protective custody” and
\nreleased about three hours later, said Police Col. W A, Burch.
\nThey were taken away (from the campus) for their own protection.”
\nBurch said A number of firearms were confiscated in the sweep of
\nthe buildings but Burch said he did not know how many guns or what
\ntype of guns were taken.
\nFour television newsmen from the Columbia Broadcasting System
\nwere arrested on charges Of interfering with police. <\/p>\n

This made me curious so here are some links to background on the 1969 Greensboro uprising: Wikipedia has this article on the incident<\/a> which frames the events with more background and perspective.<\/p>\n

Dudley High School\/NC A&T University Disturbances, May 1969<\/a> contains an essay on the incident by Karen Hawkins, PhD candidate, UNCG which reads well, one of the very few internet articles which are not direct pull from Wikipedia, but it paints the incidents with typical white dismissiveness. <\/p>\n

One student, Willie Grimes, who was not involved in the protests was killed, it is not known by whom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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