The extraordinary true story of the black detective who goes undercover to investigate the KKK
the basis for the major motion picture written and directed by Spike Lee and produced by
Jordan Peele.When detective Ron Stallworth the first black detective in the history of the
Colorado Springs Police Department comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for
all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box Detective Stallworth
does his job and responds with interest using his real name while posing as a white man. He
figures he'll receive a few brochures in the mail maybe even a magazine and learn more about
a growing terrorist threat in his community. A few weeks later the office phone rings and the
caller asks Ron a question he thought he'd never have to answer Would you like to join our
cause? This is 1978 and the KKK is on the rise in the United States. Its Grand Wizard David
Duke has made a name for himself appearing on talk shows and major magazine interviews
preaching a kinder Klan that wants nothing more than to preserve a heritage and to restore a
nation to its former glory. Ron answers the caller's question that night with a yes launching
what is surely one of the most audacious and incredible undercover investigations in history.
Ron recruits his partner Chuck to play the white Ron Stallworth while Stallworth himself
conducts all subsequent phone conversations. During the months-long investigation Stallworth
sabotages cross burnings exposes white supremacists in the military and even befriends David
Duke himself. Black Klansman is an amazing true story that reads like a crime thriller and a
searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.
