http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/ku_klux_klan Comments for "Ku Klux Klan" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/bizarro_metaphor_of_the_week#comment-4972 <p>hayek66,</p> <p>History aside, it's still a hilarious comment.</p> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:10:06 -0400 blculbre comment 4972 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/bizarro_metaphor_of_the_week#comment-4971 <p>Come on, it's just an old man making a comment. The 1958 face off between the Klan and the Lumbees essentially ended the Klan's presence in Robeson County. I doubt the President Clinton's visit on Friday will be on the same level.</p> <blockquote><p> Reports vary about the number of people gathered on that cold night, but there were thought to have been around a hundred Klan members. They brought a large banner emblazoned with "KKK" and a portable generator, which powered a public address system and a single bare light bulb. When the meeting began, the arc of the dim light didn't spread far enough for the Klansmen to see that they were surrounded by as many as a thousand Lumbees. Several young tribe members, some of whom were armed, closed on the Klan meeting and tried to take down the light bulb. The groups fought, and a shotgun blast shattered the light. In the sudden darkness, the Lumbees descended upon the field, yelling and firing guns into the air, scattering the overmatched Klansmen. Some left under police protection while others, including Catfish Cole, simply took to the woods.<br /> <blockquote> <p>http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jan2005/jan05.html</p> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:52:35 -0400 hayek66 comment 4971 at http://projects.newsobserver.com