Jun. 2, 2009

by Officer A.J. Blake

Public Statement by Greensboro Police Officer A. J. Blake
June 2, 2009

Good afternoon.   Thanks to all of you for coming.   I am Greensboro Police Officer A. J. Blake.

I have asked the media and the public to come here today because I have been slandered and wrongly convicted. Many false and malicious reports about me have appeared in the press.  I have not...  

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Apr. 17, 2009

by Joyce Johnson

In the early morning of May 23, 1969, while a 5:00 am until 8:00 pm curfew was in effect over 650 National Guard troops stormed the campus of A&T State University.  More than 200 students were arrested and finger printed and another 300 were detained.   The Campus was thick with the stench of tear gas.  The doors were knocked down and rooms were ransacked in the old Scott Hall Dormitory.  Armored personnel carriers roamed the campus.  Two days earlier a 19...  

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Mar. 24, 2009

by Rev. Nelson Johnson

I am writing this letter to my immediate community and the larger Greensboro community because my conscience leaves me no choice.  In the last nine months, I have been introduced to the world of street groups, or “gangs.”  I have worked with and sought to better understand my young brothers and sisters in their struggles for survival and human dignity. I now fear for the lives of members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN), especially their leader and my...  

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Mar. 24, 2009

by Rev. Nelson Johnson

A Proposal to Engage Street Groups or “Gangs” As a Potential Resource for Safe Communities, Justice Making and Community Building

(From the Beloved Community Center and the Pulpit Forum of Clergy of Greensboro, NC)

Preamble:
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing any family, community or city is the challenge of...