Ku Klux Klan

Duke Acquires Extremist Literature Collection From Southern Poverty Law Center

Laura Candler — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:49:17 +0000

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project has donated its collection of extremist literature – pamphlets and flyers issued by the KKK, neo-nazis, racist skinheads, border vigilantes, and neo-Confederates – to Duke’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The nearly 90-box collection will be housed there to allow scholarly research on the histories of extremist groups in the U.S.

The Klan's Rise To Prominence In 1960s North Carolina

Dave DeWitt and Frank Stasio — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:48:39 +0000

North Carolina is widely considered one of the more progressive southern states. Acts of violence during the Civil Rights Era were rare, and the state was one of the few south of the Mason-Dixon line that went for President Barack Obama in 2008.

But during the Civil Rights Era, North Carolina had more members of the Ku Klux Klan than all other southern states combined.

Johnston County Man Convicted In Plot To Kill Sheriff

Gurnal Scott — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:04:00 +0000

A Johnston County Ku Klux Klan leader was convicted this week in a plot to kill the sheriff of his county.

White Flour

Frank Stasio and Dixon Crews — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:31:00 +0000

Five years ago, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in the town square of Knoxville, TN. Instead of responding to hatred with hatred, a group called the Coup Clutz Clowns responded with humor. When Klan members yelled, "White Power!” the clowns yelled back, "White Flour!".

State Senators Pardon Reconstruction Era Governor

Jessica Jones — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:00:00 +0000

State senators have pardoned a Reconstruction-era governor who was impeached and driven from office nearly a century and a half ago.