Demonstrations; Pickets at City-County Building; For & Against KKK & Nazi Groups

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Description:

Two men hold a banner which reads, "Avenuenge the murder of the C.W.P. 5, death to the KKK, FBI and the capitalist class--Communist Workers Party," at a demonstration at the City-County Building in Detroit, Michigan, with other demonstrators in background. The C.W.P. 5 were Communist Workers Party members who were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis in Greensboro, North Carolina where they were trying to help unionize predominantly African American industrial workers.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1980-06-26T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Demonstrations, Banners, and Murder

Subject Name:

Communist Workers Party (U.S.)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc35091