Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established in 2004 based on the events of November 3 , 1979 . On that date , the Communist Workers Party ( CWP ) led by Robert Johnson gathered at the Morningside Homes in Greensboro , North Carolina , to protest for social and economic justice along with protesting against the Ku Klux Klan ( KKK ) . The chant that united the 40 – 50 protesters was “ death to the Klan ” . Shortly after 11 am , a nine-vehicle convoy that contained 37 members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party arrived . After a short skirmish , the KKK and American Nazis retrieved their firearms and 88 seconds later , five protesters lay dead and ten others were wounded . During the marking of the 20th anniversary of the events that became known as the “ Greensboro massacre ” , the idea was raised to bring closure and to bring to light the truth to the events of November 3 , 1979 . Within five years , The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed by mainly private and local donations . The seven commissioners in 2006 released their report , which condemned not only the KKK and the American Nazi Party , but also the Greensboro Police Department and the city itself for being responsible for the events of November 3 , 1979 , and the subsequent cover-up
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