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The massacre immediately raised questions about why Greensboro police had not been present to prevent the violence.

The massacre immediately raised questions about why Greensboro police had not been present to prevent the violence. In this 1981 report, the Durham-based Institute for Southern Studies demanded a federal investigation of the city — even as it voiced skepticism of the U.S. Justice Department by calling it “a fickle friend of politically unpopular radicals.” Clippings from the 1981 Institute for Southern Studies Report, Politico.