Learning from Greensboro : truth and reconciliation in the United States / Lisa Magarrell and Joya Wesley ; foreword by Bongani Finca

Author:: Magarrell, Lisa
Published:: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: xv, 278 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Wesley, Joya

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Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Contents:

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.

Subject(s):

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

ISBN:

9780812241105 (alk. paper)
081224110X (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-265) and index.

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