Spike Lee's #BlacKkKlansman opens in theaters across the country today. The film follows the true story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer who was able to breach the ranks of the local klavern. 1/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Ron Stallworth: Stallworth's investigation didn't result in any arrests, but did reveal that Klansmen were active members of the military. Stallworth still has his KKK membership card, signed by former Grand Wizard David Duke in 1979. 3/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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"Nobody would ever believe me if this card had been destroyed or if my membership certificate had been destroyed," Stallworth says. 4/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Walter F. White: In the 1920s, Walter White, a pale-skinned, blond, blue-eyed NAACP executive secretary, was able to extract crucial information from Klan sympathizers and enablers who did not realize he was African American. 5/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Jerry Thompson: In the 1970s, white investigative reporter Jerry Thompson also went undercover. He chronicled his experiences in his Nashville
@Tennessean series and subsequent book, "My Life in the Klan." 6/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread -
William "Stetson" Kennedy: In 1947, William "Stetson" Kennedy helped draft the brief that led to the state of Georgia's revocation of the Klan's national corporate charter. 7/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Daryl Davis: One of the boldest Klan infiltrators is Daryl Davis, a black blues musician who has held one-on-one and group meetings with Klan members — going only as himself, not undercover. 8/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Through simple civil and logical discourse, Davis has convinced members to turn away from the Klan. He claims to have been directly or indirectly responsible for more than 200 people leaving the KKK. 9/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Read more details from these men's stories and
#BlacKkKlansman in Vee Wright's original commentary at The Marshall Project. 10/10https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/09/the-real-blackkklansman-and-other-kkk-infiltrators?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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