Description:
Movie produced by the Center for Democratic Renewal documenting the Ku Klux
Klan's involvement in and influence on the City of Blakely Fire Department.
Includes coverage of the deaths of Charles McCoy and Antavious Williams, two
African American children, purportedly due to the fire department's
negligence; an interview segment with Sara Ann McCoy, mother of Charles; a
speech by Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones, vice chair of the Center for Democratic
Renewal; interview segments with Ben Cawthon and Wilbur Robinson of Blakely's
Concerned Black Citizens Committee; and a statement by David Griffin, former
Blakely City Council member, asserting that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown
was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Creator:
Center for Democratic Renewal. (producer), Levitas, Daniel. (producer), Bailey, Louis. (film director), Ettinger, Bruce. (film editor)
Subject names:
Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
Topics:
Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286343