BBC DocumentariesKKK: The Fight for White Supremacy
Instrueret af Dan MurdochTV-PG
2015 • E219 28. sep. 2015 60 mWith race relations stretched to breaking point in some American cities, the notorious supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan says it’s seeing a surge in membership. They claim that white Americans - angry at what they perceive as attacks on their heritage - are joining the infamous group in large numbers, convinced they must prepare for a coming race war.
With access to the young leaders of the Loyal White Knights chapter in North Carolina, we film as they allow us to follow their secretive rituals and as they explain why their members choose to don the infamous hood.
When a white supremacist walked into a church in Charleston, South Carolina and massacred nine black worshippers protests erupted - led by Black Power groups.
The Klan travel to the South Carolina Statehouse to protest against the removal of the confederate flag. But when Black Power groups turn out to demonstrate against the KKK the two opposing visions of America violently come face to face.
With access to the young leaders of the Loyal White Knights chapter in North Carolina, we film as they allow us to follow their secretive rituals and as they explain why their members choose to don the infamous hood.
When a white supremacist walked into a church in Charleston, South Carolina and massacred nine black worshippers protests erupted - led by Black Power groups.
The Klan travel to the South Carolina Statehouse to protest against the removal of the confederate flag. But when Black Power groups turn out to demonstrate against the KKK the two opposing visions of America violently come face to face.
