Ku Klux Klan: the Invisible Empire
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.21
name: label: Collection Creator
content: University of California (System). Extension Media Center
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content: University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 1,600 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Television broadcast produced by CBS News on the history and organization of the Ku Klux Klan with emphasis on the Klan's penchant for violence and intimidation. Film includes interviews with North Carolina "Grand Dragon" Jay Robert Jones; Jone's "Klunsel" Matts Murphy, Jr.; Klan "Klud," or chaplain, Roy Wills; and Georgia attorney general Richmond Flowers. Footage also includes nighttime Klan rallys with cross burning, a secret Klan initiation ceremony, and Klan marches in Washington, D.C. Film is narrated by Charles Kuralt.

Legacy Keywords: Leacock, Richard ; African Americans  ; North America ; United States