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  • Nov. 3 commissioners seek 'transformation' - News & Record, March 10, 2005
    "The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission dialogue at the Central Library Feb. 24 demonstrated how this sometimes-misunderstood initiative can bring us together as a stronger community. Think about what you might contribute to it..."
  • City's image problem comes from its denial - News & Record, March 29, 2005
    "This city wants international status but not everything that comes with it. With age, experience and listening to our folks at supper, we realized Greensboro is a divided city racially and socially..."
  • Greensboro divided racially and socially - News & Record, April 05, 2005
    "This city wants international status but not everything that comes with it. With age, experience and listening to our folks at supper, we realized Greensboro is a divided city racially and socially..."
  • Fact versus fiction in Klan/Nazi incident - News & Record, April 20, 2005
    "The April 11 news article, 'Fighting racism with truth,' would be just another comical oxymoron if it weren't such an excellent example of liberal journalism..."
  • The present, not past, demands our attention - News & Record, April 24, 2005
    "One of the things that bothers me most about the stated purpose of the Truth and Reconciliation Project is its claim that this event has not been discussed and has been swept under the rug..."
  • Council vote based on winning another term - News & Record, April 30, 2005
    "I am emotionally numb regarding the City Council's vote on the Truth and Reconciliation issue..."
  • Gatten speaks plainly, not with meanness - News & Record, May 02, 2005
    "What? Allen Johnson's column (April 24) criticizing the way Florence Gatten spoke about the Truth and Reconciliation project is the strangest piece of fiction ever written about a Greensboro city leader. Florence is known for her tireless work on behalf of all parts of our community..."
  • Goal of reconciliation raises a basic question - News & Record, May 02, 2005
    "I have a question about the Truth and Reconciliation project that I voiced in a gathering recently without satisfactory answer. The question is, who are we trying to reconcile with whom?..."
  • November 3, 1979, shootings mislabeled - News & Record, May 04, 2005
    "Regarding the letter (April 27) by Jack Hart of Conover: Hart refers accurately to the Klan-Communist incident (Nov. 3, 1979). Yet, the editorial page headline writer chose to use the term 'Klan-Nazi.' The editors/reporters at the News & Record continue to call it the 'Klan-Nazi' incident, which it was not...."
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