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Ron Stallworth (born June 18, 1953) is an American retired police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the late 1970s. He was the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Jul 11, 2018 · Was Ron Stallworth really Colorado Springs' first black police detective? Yes. The BlacKkKlansman true story confirms that in the 1970s Ron Stallworth became the first African-American police officer and detective to work for the Colorado Springs Police Department.
May 16, 2018 · Published May 16, 2018. Updated June 24, 2020. Ron Stallworth was the first black cadet to join his police division in the 1970s. He's also the first black man to hold a membership card from the KKK. YouTube Ron Stallworth showing his KKK membership card.
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Aug 10, 2018 · STRANGER THAN FICTION. BlacKkKlansman: The True Story of How Ron Stallworth Infiltrated the K.K.K. Spike Lee brings Stallworth’s extraordinary story to the screen—but how closely does the...
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Aug 9, 2018 · The movie is based on the real story of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in Colorado Springs, Colo., who masterminded an undercover investigation into the...
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As the first African-American and youngest detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron Stallworth infiltrated the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan. In 2014, retired Police Officer Stallworth published the true story of his undercover investigation of the KKK in his book, Black Klansman.
Aug 9, 2018 · Among the white supremacist members of the Ku Klux Klan, Ron Stallworth stood out for a couple reasons: he was an undercover officer and he was a black man. In the fall of 1978, at the Colorado...