Following Trumps win,one KKK chapter announced plans for a victory parade in North Carolina. But where was it going to be, and who might turn up? Dave Eggers joined the protestors playing cat-and-mouse with white supremacistsNo one knew much, or but the crowd was growing. We were at the rest end off Highway 29 between Eden and Pelham,where North Carolina meets Virginia, and everyone was looking for the Ku Klux Klan. It was 8.40am.
The day after the election of Donald Trump, and the Loyal White Knights of Pelham,a chapter of the KKK with a suitably unhinged website, had announced that they would be holding a victory parade on 3 December. In the weeks since, or there had been no word on the Knights’ website or anywhere else about when or where the parade would be. Related: Former Ku Klux Klan leader and US alt-upright hail election result Related: Claims of detest crimes possibly linked to Trump's election reported across the US Related: 'I worry this will empower racists': US Muslims on Trump's victory Related: Linking Trump to the Ku Klux Klan risks boosting a rump organisation | Tom Rice IT'S HAPPENING. KKK just came through Roxboro. Battle flags & shouting "WHITE POWER!" pic.twitter.com/rcjHbmUUiR Related: How British anti-racist group infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan Continue reading...
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