William Evan Sampson, 31, was killed on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina, during an attack on an anti-Klan rally. He was one of five anti-Klan demonstrators killed that day; the others were César Vincente Cauce, Michael Ronald Nathan, Sandra Neely Smith, and James Michael Waller. The attackers included members of the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis.

Police had been warned of potential trouble but were reportedly absent when the attack occurred. State and federal criminal trials and a civil trial followed, but no one was convicted for the demonstrators’ deaths. In 2004 the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created to investigate the incident and its aftermath; its final report criticized law enforcement failures and called for reconciliation and healing.

Does anyone have memories of the rally or information about the events that day that could add to the record?