166: Cecil Moses - Greensboro Massacre

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Cecil Moses reviews the Greensboro Massacre, where in November 1979, during a protest rally, a shootout with the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazis left five members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) dead and seven members seriously injured. Two Klansmen were also injured. At the time of this incident, Cecil Moses was the assistant special agent in charge of the Charlotte Division in North Carolina, managed the FBI investigation, and testified during the subsequent state, federal, and civil trials to hold those accountable for the Greensboro Massacre to bring those accountable for the Greensboro Massacre to justice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 166 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the
0:16.9	public who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books my blog and
0:22.3	my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:26.0	Today we get to speak to Retired Agent Cecil Moses who served in the FBI for 42 years.
0:34.9	He worked as a clerical employee and then an investigative specialist for 12 years before
0:40.9	receiving an appointment to be a special agent, where he developed an expertise in criminal and civil rights matters.
0:48.0	In this episode, Cecil Moses reviews the Greensboro Massacre where in November of 1979
0:57.2	during a protest rally a shootout occurred that left five members of the Communist Workers Party,
1:04.0	CWP, did, and seven members seriously injured,
1:09.0	along with two injured Pukl clansmen and American Nazis. At the time of this incident
1:15.9	Cecil Moses was the assistant special agent in charge, A. Sack of the Charlotte
1:21.2	Division of the
1:23.3	North Carolina. He managed the FBI investigation and testified during the subsequent
1:29.3	state, federal, and civil trials.
1:33.0	During his agent career, Cecil Moses worked in the Cleveland, Omaha, Jackson, and Memphis divisions,
1:40.0	was assigned to the Civil Rights Section of the Criminal Division and the Office of Planning and Evaluation at FBI Headquarters.
1:48.0	And he served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Birmingham Division.
1:52.0	He ended his Bureau career as a member of the
1:56.0	Senior Executive Service in the FBI Laboratory. Currently Cecil operates his farm and business with his son a recently retired FBI agent.
2:09.0	To get a full understanding of the historical significance of this episode.
2:14.7	Just remember, before Charlottesville, there was Greensboro.
2:19.6	Charlottesville, of course, occurred in August of 2017 and the Greensboro Massacre occurred 40 years ago
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