Eyes Quote by Ron Stallworth

“The focus on the Klan also helped to designate racism as an individual aberration rather than something systemic, institutional, and pervasive.12”

— Carol Anderson

When we filmed the premiere episode of 'United Shades of America,' it was like we were turning over a rock in the woods. The…

— W. Kamau Bell

“No matter how much Steve and I preached about staying legal, most of these men never believed us, and some would grin or wink…

— Frazier Glenn Miller

As a matter of social class Ku Klux Klan would have been regarded as white trash.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It operated from…

— Junius Williams

In most of my encounters with Klan members, we would discuss reasons for why they were members in the first place.

— Daryl Davis

“the Ku Klux Klan Act. He had planned a California trip that spring, but canceled it in the belief that he couldn’t sidestep this…

— Ron Chernow

As a black man, I actually had naturally sort of comedic curiosity about the Klan.

— W. Kamau Bell

“I remembered how tough it was getting black people in large tenements to come together to build a playground. The enemy was not the…

— Junius Williams

“At the time i didn't realize why there was so much Klan activity, but later I learned that it was because African-American soldiers werre…

— Rosa Parks

We kind of reduce our responsibility to not saying the N-word and to condemning the Klansmen, rather than saying many of our celebrated institutions…

— Nate Parker

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to…

— Anonymous