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2012109 minGdocumentary

Historical Events Civil Rights

Walls That Bleed

2012109 minGdocumentary

650 National Guardsmen stormed a North Carolina university campus during a three-day gun battle sparked by a student council election protest in 1969.

Historical Events Civil Rights

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Michael Williams

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650 National Guardsmen stormed a North Carolina university campus during a three-day gun battle sparked by a student council election protest in 1969.

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Greensboro, North Carolina, was the site of the Dudley/A&T Revolt in 1969. A protest over a high school student council election escalated into three days of violence. Armed forces clashed with local community members and students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. During the unrest, 650 National Guardsmen, supported by planes and helicopters, stormed the campus. One ROTC student was killed, marking the oldest cold case in Greensboro's history. The film details this significant event in the context of racial tensions in the late 1960s.

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