![]() ![]() "In a state like Mississippi or Alabama, residents who wanted to ensure segregation had plenty of places to express that sentiment," Cunningham told State of Things Host Frank Stasio. The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan” says it was that progressive streak - personified by Governors like Terry Sanford - that fueled the rapid growth of the Klan in 1960s North Carolina. ![]() Acts of violence during the Civil Rights Era were rare, and the state was one of the few south of the Mason-Dixon line that went for President Barack Obama in 2008.īut during the Civil Rights Era, North Carolina had more members of the Ku Klux Klan than all other southern states combined.ĭavid Cunningham, associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University and the author of " Klansville, U.S.A. North Carolina is widely considered one of the more progressive southern states. ![]()
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