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Sandra Lee Neely Smith

Case from Greensboro, NC dated Nov 03, 1979

Victim Details

Sandra Lee Neely Smith

Female

Black / African American

Greensboro

NC

1979-11-03

28

Sandra

Lee Neely Smith

07/02/2026

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Sandra Lee Neely Smith, a 28-year-old African American woman, was tragically killed on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was an active Marxist organizer and a former student at Bennett College, where she had served as the Student Government Association president. Sandra was one of five people killed during the Greensboro Massacre, a violent confrontation between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party and participants of an anti-Klan rally organized by the Comm ...
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    The more I dig into Sandra Lee Neely Smith's story, the more I'm struck by her courage and dedicatio... ...Read More
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