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An unflinching look at a shocking racial tragedy that divides a Southern city - comparable to the recent events in Charlottesville - and the activists who, in their tireless fight for justice, refuse to give up on America's promised ideals and pursue racial reconciliation with hope that their fractured city can heal.On November 3, 1979, as activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes in Greensboro, North Carolina, gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis sped from the scene, leaving behind five dead. Known as the "Greensboro Massacre", the event and its aftermath encapsulate the racial conflict, economic anxiety, clash of ideologies, and toxic mix of corruption and conspiracy that roiled American democracy then - and threaten it today.