Battle of Hayes Pond - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battle of Hayes Pond, also known as the Battle of Maxton Field or the Maxton Riot, was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and Lumbee people at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the night of …
The Klan's Rise To Prominence In 1960s North Carolina
WEBFeb 26, 2013 · But during the Civil Rights Era, North Carolina had more members of the Ku Klux Klan than all other southern states combined.
New Film Unpacks North Carolina's KKK History - WUNC
WEBJan 12, 2015 · At one time North Carolina had more Ku Klux Klan members than all other the states combined, even though the state was seen as more racial progressive than others in the South. The PBS...
The Klan in Madison County - Rob Amberg
WEBApr 16, 2014 · KKK Rally, near Wolf Laurel, Madison County, NC 1976. With the arrest this week of the racist, anti-Semite, Frazier Glenn Miller, for the murder of three innocents in Overland Park, MO, I was reminded of a Klan rally in Madison County many years ago.
Battle Of Hayes Pond, When The Lumbee Tribe Defeated The KKK
WEBNov 17, 2021 · On Jan. 18, 1958, the Battle of Hayes Pond saw 500 members of the Lumbee tribe face off against the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan had decided to hold a rally in Maxton, North Carolina. But instead of drawing a cheering crowd of white supremacists, the Klansmen were routed straight out of town.
1 Beginnings The Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina and the Nation
WEBAbstract. This chapter describes the waves of Ku Klux Klan mobilization in the century leading up to the 1960s. Beginning with the KKK's modest origins in post-bellum Pulaski, Tennessee, the chapter outlines the organization's initial growth across the South, its subsequent decline in the face of federal legislation in the early 1870s, and its ...
This U.S. governor was impeached—for cracking down on the KKK
WEBMarch 22, 2021. • 8 min read. A century and a half ago, North Carolina’s Ku Klux Klan was ascendant. Fueled by backlash to Reconstruction, groups of masked men roamed the state,...
Bob Jones and the North Carolina Klan | American Experience | PBS
WEBNorth Carolina, long considered one of the most progressive southern states, saw a boom in Klan membership under the leadership of Bob Jones, the most influential Grand Dragon in the country.
A Near Massacre | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
WEBA group of North Carolina Klansmen planned to arm themselves with automatic rifles and attack a civil rights march. Independent of one another, the Klan leader and the activist leaders each...
Historian to discuss Rise of Ku Klux Klan in Western North Carolina ...
WEBMar 8, 2022 · Historian Steven Nash will present an in-depth look at the rise of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction and its terroristic campaign against the biracial Republican political coalition that emerged in the late 1860s.