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The Klu Klux Klan in North Carolina and the Battle of Maxton Field

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		Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online

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The Klu Klux Klan used fear to intimidate African Americans and American Indians. Read an account of how the Lumbee Indians united to break up a Klan rally in Robeson County. This article appeared in the Fall 2004 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine. Available now at: http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/f04.ku.klux.klan.battle.maxton.field.pdf

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topics		audiences
20th Century African American American Indian People Places		Family, Adults, Educators Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, High School, College

NC school curriculum goals

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Grade: 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th African American Studies 9, 8, 5 5, 8, 9 5, 8, 9 8, 9, 5 American Indian Studies 5, 3 3, 5 5, 3 3, 5 English/Language Arts 3, 2, 1 1, 2, 3 4, 2, 1 1, 2, 4 Social Studies 2, 5, 4, 3 3, 4 3, 1 9, 7, 8 11

additional keywords

African American American Indian Brown v. Board of Education Klu Klux Klan Maxton Field James "Catfish" Cole Robeson County Lumbee Tuscarora segregation