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23265
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Geary argues that the Tea Party is similar to the KKK because both seek to protect their way of life from liberal forces.
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22714
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In July, 1870, African American state militia were mobilized in New Bern to face the Klu Klux Klan in North Carolina's state capitol, Raleigh. Under the command of George B. Willis, the militia attempted to stem violence from the Klan since the election of Republican William W. Holden in 1868. After two severe crimes, Holden mobilized two militia regiments under William J. Clarke (including Willis' troops) and George W. Kirk. The conflict became known as the Kirk-Holden War. This event, and the work of black North Carolinians in the militia, had a significant impact on state Reconstruction policies.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 3, July 2014,
p288-322, il, por, f
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7716
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On November 3, 1979, the Communist Workers Party held a “Death to the Klan†rally in Greensboro. A clash with the Ku Klux Klan resulted, leaving five CWP members shot dead in the streets and several wounded. Several Klansmen and Nazi party members were charged with murder, but were acquitted in both state and federal courts. Recently activist groups in Greensboro set up a Truth and Reconciliation tribunal to revisit the event and issue a report in April 2006.
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21833
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A look at the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in western North Carolina and their objection the activities of federal revenue agents with regard to taxation of whiskey and the destruction of illegal \"moonshine\" stills. The KKK was able to secure considerable local support on this issue during the late 19th century as they targeted federal government agents at work in the region.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Oct 2003,
p453-474, il, por, f
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21871
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This article examines the 29 September 1885 lynching of three black men and one black woman in Chatham County, a stronghold of Ku Klux Klan influence. A mob of 100 whites murdered the victims, who were accused in two unrelated murder cases.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 2, Apr 1998,
p135-160 , il, por, map, f
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Long-buried state documents, including field notes, transcripts, surveillance reports, and registers of members, reveal Ku Klux Klan activities during the 1960s. Over one hundred groups, with about 7,000 official members, existed statewide.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 15, Mar 1997,
p11-15, por
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21308
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An examination of civil governor William Woods Holden's utilization of the state's detective unit - a forerunner to the State Bureau of Investigation - to describe the role that secret agents played during the Reconstruction era in North Carolina. Particular attention is given to Holden's use of the agents in an effort to halt the spread of Ku Klux Klan violence and to thwart the plans of the clan to halt Republican political power and reestablish conservative rule in the state.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 4, Oct 1985,
p448-487, il, por, map, f
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25584
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In the longest criminal civil-rights trial in U.S. history, nine Klan-Nazi defendants were acquitted on charges stemming from the 1979 anti-Klan rally in Greensboro. There are four contributing factors that led to the not-guilty verdicts including a conservative interpretation of the federal civil-rights statues, the defense casted the victims as revolutionaries, jury selection did not reflect a cross-section of the community, and defense and prosecution contrasted in experience and style.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 8, April 27-May 10 1984,
p3, il
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21193
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This article examines the 1928 editorials of 'Cleveland Press' editor W.J. Cash during the Al Smith-Herbert Hoover presidential campaign. In his editorials, Cash criticized the anti-Catholic sentiment in Shelby, North Carolina. In doing so, Cash angered the Ku Klux Klan and was targeted by them through KKK literature.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 47 Issue 1, Jan 1970,
p40-50, por, f
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20565
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The article looks at the post-Civil War Ku Klux Klan organization in North Carolina. The author offers a revisionist account of Klan activities between 1869 and 1870 specifically in the Piedmont area where the Klan was more concentrated and organized. Rather than previous assessments of the Klan as an organization which restored order in a time of chaos, the author looks at the terroristic aspect of Klan activities and the organization's impact on political affairs.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 3, July 1962,
p340-362, f
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17456
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Accompanied by much fanfare, various officers of the Ku Klux Klan announced last December that North Carolina would become a stronghold of that organization during the coming months. Ordinances were set by many cities such as Charlotte and Raleigh to denunciate the movement and force members into the open.
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12.Anti-Intimidation Ordinance by Norris, Jeannie Faris Popular Government Vol. 16 Issue 7, Apr 1950
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17489
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The Raleigh City Council, which last December passed an anti-mask ordinance, aimed a further blow at Klan activity last month by adopting an ordinance which prohibits: burning of crosses in public places, cross burning on property without permission of the owner; any exhibit intended to intimidate any person, or the display of a burning cross in any parade within the city.
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15067
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The Ku Klux Klan reached North Carolina in 1867 -- the first organization established in Salisbury and was held in the law offices of Kerr Craige. From that point it spread through the state until it included some 40,000 members.
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Republican politician and lawyer John W. Stephens was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Stephens served as a Confederate soldier but after the war became an advocate for the newly freed slaves. His allegiance caused the KKK to murder him in the Caswell County courthouse. This incident foreshadowed the Kirk-Holden war, a struggle between KKK and Governor William Holden in 1870 over the KKK's suppression of freed slave voting.
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The Invisible Empire is a euphemism for the Ku Klux Klan. Following the Civil War the KKK was rooted both in the Piedmont and western portion of the state. In the east the focal counties were Alamance, Caswell, and Orange and western counties were Cleveland and Rutherford. KKK actions became so disruptive that Governor William W. Holden declared these counties under a state of insurrection and sent Colonel George W. Kirk with troops in 1870, an incident known better as the Kirk-Holden war.
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