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 / Modified jan 13, 2015 9:19 a.m.

American Experience: Klansville U.S.A

Learn how North Carolina became home to the largest Klan organization in the country. Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

am_exp_klansman_sidewalk_spot Two young black men pass Ku Klux Klan marchers in downtown Salisbury, August 1964.
As the civil rights movement grew, the long-dormant Ku Klux Klan gained momentum as well, having reemerged after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision. That the Klan would rise once again wasn’t surprising, but where the reincarnation took place was. North Carolina, long considered the most progressive southern state and one whose image was being burnished by the enormously popular “The Andy Griffith Show,” saw a boom in Klan membership under the leadership of Bob Jones, the most successful Grand Dragon in the country. In just three years, he grew the North Carolina Klan from a handful of friends to some 10,000 members––more than the Klans of all other southern states combined.

American Experience: Klansville U.S.A, Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

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