

Klansville U.S.A.
2015-01-13 · 60 min · ★ 6.8
Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
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- Callie T. Wiser
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- GBH
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Oliver PlattSelf - Narrator (voice)
George WallaceSelf (archive Footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive Footage)
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