November 3 in history — On This Day
1979
The Greensboro Massacre: Five Killed at an Anti-Klan Rally
On November 3, 1979, members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party opened fire on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five people. The verdicts that followed, and a later truth commission, made the case a landmark in the debate over accountability.
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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline
A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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