The Register, 1989-11-03

              it was nov 3 1979 when five communist workers party members were shot to death in greensboro during a confrontation with ku klux klan members and american nazis i looked at her face and there was a hole in it i closed her eyes powell who was eight months pregnant during the confrontation was shot three times in the back she encouraged students to become politically and socially active take a stand she said like sandy would say take a stand from left to right earl jones greensboro city councilman ervin brison a&t student and chairperson of the morningside resident council sol jackson candidate for mayor in 1979 david miller a&t's sga president and tracey grimes were members of the panel discussion greensboro ten years later in bennett's pheiffer chapel leaders discuss race we must continue cont on p 10 the struggle she lost her life he said the struggle by lavonne mclver editor-in-chief believe in gladys robinson a classmate of smith challenged students to fight for a cause they signe waller whose husband was killed during the nov.3 clash began to cry as she talked about smith she was a vision of a strong beautiful black woman waller said she helped to unite black and white workers i lost my job in students should continue to fight the system according to john ervin smith's partner in union struggles friends and comrades recalled the struggles of the former student body president smith was 29 when she was gunned down ten years ago friday in greensboro's morningside homes public housing community when klansmen and nazis tried to stop a communist workers party death to klan march two all white jury's aquitted the gunmen during the service in the almost packed pheiffeer chapel dale sampson levine widow of one of the victims presented a check from the greensboro justice fund in memory of smith for 200 to girl scout troop 905 at morningside homes i think the march and the program was symbolic with all students at a&t had a candlelight march to bennett 1 before the service when i think of sandi i think we've come a long way but not half far enough you should commit yourself to making a difference she said i prefer to say changes have been made said greensboro public school teacher louis brandon i don't know about progress everything is sugar a panel of community and student leaders discussed race relations in greensboro since 1979 as part of a memorial service for five communist workers party members who were shot and killed during a clash with the ku klux klan and american nazis progressive city it's made out to be coated and looks good but a&ts precinct only 55 voters in greensboro is not the last years primary north carolina a&t sga president david miller said become politically active brandon said that many if candidates would make a gains made by blacks in concerted effort to solicit votes greensboro have been forced by from the students there would be direct action or a law suit a greater turnout sol jackson a candidate seek(votes and you for mayor in 1979 said that shall find the senior business things will change if students education major said the nov.3 shootings you can march all you were the death of innocence in want he said but if you don't greensboro said the rev brady march to the poles it won't make faggart pastor of first lutheran difference 1^2 jackson said that out of panel cont p the 2500 registered voters in complete awareness for complete commitment my 3 volume lvii rf north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro klan/nazi clash remembered at bennett a decade later by lavonne mclver editor-in-chief 1 r i checked her pulse there wasn't any she said ten years later frankie powell recalled that dreadful clash during a memorial service at bennett college for sandra neely-smith a bennett graduate who was shot to death during the conflict