Record #:

44035

Author(s):

Brisson, Jim D.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Spring 2023, p28-29, il, por

Subject(s):

Kirk, George W. (George Washington), 1837-1905; Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892; Kirk-Holden War (1870)