Truth and Reconciliation asking city for endorsement
The biggest discussion at Tuesday's City Council meeting may not actually be on the agenda.
According to a press release, local organizers of the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project plan to ask the city council for their imprimatur and cooperation.
On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, the Local Task Force of the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project will ask the Greensboro City Council to endorse its truth-seeking efforts around Nov. 3, 1979...The request comes on the heels of a months-long petition drive. The petition calls on the City Council to "endorse, support and fully embrace the truth and reconciliation process and to encourage all residents of the City, including current and former police, journalists, newspaper executives, city officials, textile workers and managers, business leaders, religious leaders, and others to participate in the process. So far, several thousand signatures have been obtained...
In previous stories, many city council members and the mayor have balked at endorsing the project so not as to dig up old history or because of concerns that the group may be too one-sided. Last week in a Washington Post article (thanks Chewie), Mayor Holliday says he doesn't believe an investigation is warranted.
"They've never convinced me or others that this needed to be examined," Mayor Keith Holliday said. "The TRC project is being used as an alternate way to create what never happened, and that is a major investigation."
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, but the group will probably have to wait until the public comment section at the end of the meeting to make their case.
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This is just another of Skip Alstons whys of keeping his name in the news.
If anyone is a racist its Skip and his civil rights thugs n crooks.
Posted on March 16, 2005 4:06 PM
What does Skip Alston have to do with the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project?
Posted on March 16, 2005 5:18 PM
The Greensboro Public Library offers a variety invaluable resources to those seeking information on the infamous November 3rd, 1979 incident in Greensboro. If you're interested in conducting research on this topic, please check out the Infomania blog (http://gpl.typepad.com/infomania/)
on the library's web page (http://www.greensborolibrary.org/)
Posted on March 16, 2005 5:20 PM
Bringing up this embarrassment to our City is like taking a picture of your worst pimple ever and passing it around.
And we are going to let one of the main culprits of this tragedy participate in this redundant fiasco.
God help us.
Posted on April 29, 2005 4:45 PM