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44035
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A political showdown between North Carolina Republican Governor William Woods Holden and the KKK, the Kirk-Holden War developed after the assassinations of an African American town council member in Alamance County and Republican state senator John W. Stephens in the Caswell County Courthouse. Holden's decision to send out the militia ultimately framed his impeachment in 1871.
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44054
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William W. Holden is not viewed well in North Carolina history as characterized by mainstream defenders of the “Old South”. In this article, Wade Harrison tells the other side of the story with equally convincing support of a leader and others tirelessly involved in in doing the best for their community and state and yet brutally attacked without provocation to satisfy those fearful of the demise of white supremacy. The lynching of William Outlaw, a highly respected African American in Graham and the resulting martial law declared under George Washington Kirk by then Governor Holden are the basis of this story.
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