Robert M. Shelton

In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo, one of the cities in the American South, about the suppression of the rebels, about the most brutal methods of fighting African American protesters. Jesse Jackson's speech. Jesse Jackson's commentary on the Black Rights Organization. Comments by female residents of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, on the degree of mental development of whites and blacks. A story about the Ku Klux Klan, about Robert Shelton - the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Speech by American singer and dramatic actor Paul Robson, his commentary. Shots of the Olympics, victories in the competition of black athletes. About reprisals against Negro organizations. The widow of the American writer Ernest Hemingway Mary and the American scientist Henry Winston speak out about support for African Americans and the fight against racism.

Depuis sa naissance en 1865, au lendemain de la guerre civile américaine, l'histoire du Ku Klux Klan est indissociable de celle des Etats-Unis. Les débats sur l'esclavage, le populisme des années folles, la lutte pour les droits civiques dans les années soixante, la montée de l'extrême droite au début du XXIe siècle, le Klan semble avoir toujours incarné la face sombre de la nation, avec ses zones d'ombre et ses angles morts.