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This November 19, 1980 Greensboro Daily News article reports on the community reaction to the not guilty verdict in the Klan/Nazis trial regarding the murders of five Communist Workers Party members at the Death to the Klan march in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 3, 1979. Residents of Morningside Homesâ€â€the housing development where the violence occurredâ€â€expressed shock and anger over the verdict and a feeling of hopelessness regarding the judicial system and the Ku Klux Klan. At nearby North Carolina A&T State University, students expressed outrage over the outcome, while the National Anti-Klan Network in downtown Greensboro called for further investigation into the crimes. Meanwhile, in Raleigh, Nazi Party Leader Harold Covington applauded the verdict and announced his plans to "create a 'Carolina Free State' in the Carolinas, free of non-white people, a home for racists." He said his organization planned to work peacefully, but would defend themselves if attacked. This article was clipped and saved in a scrapbook about the twentieth anniversary of the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins by Clarence "Curly" Harris, manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the sit-ins.