James Michael Waller, a 37-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, died on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was a physician and a member of the Communist Workers' Party . Waller was killed during the Greensboro Massacre, a violent confrontation between members of the CWP and the Ku Klux Klan along with the American Nazi Party. The incident occurred during an anti-Klan rally organized by the CWP.
The rally aimed to protest the KKK's activities and promote workers'
rights, particularly among black textile industrial workers in the area. The confrontation escalated, resulting in the deaths of five individuals, including Waller. The police were present but did not intervene during the attack. The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established in 2004 to investigate the incident and its aftermath.
Following the massacre, three trials were conducted, but no convictions were secured for the deaths of the five victims. The incident remains a significant event in the history of civil rights activism and labor organizing in the United States.
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