American Experience · SEASON 27
Klansville, USA
Episode 2 · 2015-01-13

- Documentary
Episode overview
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina during the 1960s is recalled. In 1963, Bob Jones Sr. started the state's chapter for the racist organization, and grew its membership to more than 10,000 within three years. Included: remarks from sociologist David Cunningham, whose book "Klansville, USA" the documentary is partially based on; historians David Cecelski and Gary Freeze; the Southern Poverty Law Center's Mark Potok; and journalist Patsy Sims, author of "The Klan."
55 minutes
Season 27 episodes
1. Ripley: Believe It or Not2015-01-06
2. Klansville, USA2015-01-13
3. Edison2015-01-27
4. The Big Burn2015-02-03
5. The Forgotten Plague2015-02-10
6. Last Days In Vietnam2015-04-28
7. Blackout2015-07-14
8. Walt Disney (1)2015-09-14
9. Walt Disney (2)2015-09-15
10. American Comandante2015-11-17
11. The Pilgrims2015-11-24