For years, Greensboro has been grappling with its past. On a Sunday afternoon, a brief demonstration thrust that history back into the spotlight. A group with flags marched through a North Carolina neighborhood, and residents quickly reacted. Though the incident wrapped up fast, it caught police attention and prompted city leaders to speak out. Additionally, a video of the event has gained traction online.
A masked white Nationalist group calling themselves the Southland Blackshirts marched through Greensboro,North Carolina yesterday carrying Confederate flags & banners with the Germanic Tyr rune insignia on them,but they didn’t get to far before they were run off by the residents. pic.twitter.com/gHgowe2DxM
— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) September 28, 2026
According to WGHP, about 10 to 12 people dressed in black, with face masks, dark glasses, and hats, walked along North Eugene Street near Fisher Park around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. One marcher carried a Confederate Battle Flag, and another carried North Carolina’s first state flag, adopted after the state joined the Confederacy.
Witness Abigail Seymour described the group as young men and said they were spreading hate speech as they moved through the neighborhood. Community members began following the marchers and telling them to leave, Seymour said…