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Civil rights activist and Klan leader attacked problem from opposite sides
C. P. Ellis didn’t really want to go back to work last Thursday. The president of the Durham chapter of United Klans of America, had other things on his mind when he reported back to duty in the maintenance department at Duke University.
Ellis had just spent 10 days serving as co-chairman of SOS – Save Our Schools – a series of open forums on school problems in Durham.
The other SOS chairman was Mrs. Ann Atwater, acting chairman of the board of directors of United Organizations for Community Improvement, a black neighborhood development corporation in Durham.
Read more here: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/10027/rights-activist-leader-attacked-problem
