It’s Not Like We Don’t Know: The Klan, Guns, and Violence in North Carolina

Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
Nov 2 · 19 min read
Neo-Confederates rally in Pittsboro, North Carolina on October 19th, 2019. Earlier they had erected a large Confederate flag across the street from Horton Middle School, named for a formerly enslaved black poet. Photo by author.

Hillsborough, North Carolina

Late this summer, the Loyal White Knights showed up in Hillsborough, apparently to the town’s surprise.

Some were dressed in the recognizable sad sheets of the Klan, including a few in green and purple robes denoting their higher rank. Others were dressed in army…

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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

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