Learning from Greensboro: truth and reconciliation in the United States

The truth about greensboro -- Remembering victims and survivors -- Individual truths -- The truth commission idea -- Building the framework -- Seating the commission -- Starting up, establishing independence -- Research and the complexity of truth -- Engaging the public -- The report -- Next steps a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magarrell, Lisa (Author)
Contributors: Wesley, Joya
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Univ. of Pennsylvania Press c 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Keywords:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century
Truth commissions > North Carolina > Greensboro
Massacres > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century
Riots > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century
Human Rights > North Carolina > Greensboro
Nazis > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century
Greensboro (N.C.) > Race relations
Greensboro, NC > Ku-Klux-Klan > Rechtsradikaler > Massaker > Demonstration > Wahrheitskommission > Vergangenheitsbewältigung > Geschichte 1979-2004
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Summary:The truth about greensboro -- Remembering victims and survivors -- Individual truths -- The truth commission idea -- Building the framework -- Seating the commission -- Starting up, establishing independence -- Research and the complexity of truth -- Engaging the public -- The report -- Next steps and response -- The project and the commission -- The media and official Greensboro -- Opposition and critiques -- Interest and support from outside -- Lessons from the process -- An early assessment -- Comparing Greensboro -- Greensboro's legacy
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (S. [245]-265) and index
Physical Description:XV, 278, [6] S., Ill., 24 cm
ISBN:9780812241105
081224110X