![]() ![]() To register for the event and access the Zoom link, visit NvolveU. ![]() This free event is exclusively for UNL students, faculty and staff. In this talk, Stallworth tells the story of his KKK infiltration, touching on his motivations, doubts, fears, and triumphs throughout the process. What happens when a black detective goes undercover in the KKK An extraordinary true story. During the months-long investigation, Stallworth sabotaged cross burnings, exposed white supremacists in the military, and even befriended and served on the security detail for David Duke. ![]() He was the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. He asked his partner Chuck to play the "white" Ron Stallworth for in-person meetings, while Stallworth himself conducted all phone conversations. Ron Stallworth (born June 18, 1953) is an American retired police officer who infiltrated the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the late 1970s. BlacKkKlansman (2018) Directed by Spike Lee. In 1978, when detective Ron Stallworth discovered a classified ad in the local paper recruiting for the Ku Klux Klan, he responded, using his real name while posing as a white man. Join us as we celebrate a life well lived. UPC Nebraska presents an exclusive virtual session with Ron Stallworth, former undercover police officer and author of Black Klansman: A Memoir on Novemat 7:30 p.m. ![]()
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