Black Klansman

"Black Klansman" er den utrolige sande historie om en sort kriminalbetjent fra Colorado, der gik undercover som medlem af Ku Klux Klanen. Ron Stallworth er Colorado Springs allerførste sorte kriminalbetjent og året er 1978, da han falder over en bizar kontaktannonce i lokalavisen. I annoncen søgte man efter medlemmer til at grundlægge en ny filial af KKK. Da han sender en ansøgning regner han blot med at modtage en bunke racistiske brochurer om hvid magt i nærområdet, men i stedet ender han med en telefonisk invitation til at blive KKK-medlem. Dette er historien om, hvordan Stallworth og hans hvide makker Chuck, der spillede Stallworth under fysiske klanmøder, sammen undersøgte og saboterede KKK indefra. Lige for næsen af den øverste klanleder, David Duke. Ron Stallworths fantastiske erindringsbog "Black Klansman" er blevet filmatiseret i 2018 af Spike Lee.

"Black Klansman" er den utrolige sande historie om en sort kriminalbetjent fra Colorado, der gik undercover som medlem af Ku Klux Klanen. Ron Stallworth er Colorado Springs allerførste sorte kriminalbetjent og året er 1978, da han falder over en bizar kontaktannonce i lokalavisen. I annoncen søgte man efter medlemmer til at grundlægge en ny filial af KKK. Da han sender en ansøgning regner han blot med at modtage en bunke racistiske brochurer om hvid magt i nærområdet, men i stedet ender han med en telefonisk invitation til at blive KKK-medlem. Dette er historien om, hvordan Stallworth og hans hvide makker Chuck, der spillede Stallworth under fysiske klanmøder, sammen undersøgte og saboterede KKK indefra. Lige for næsen af den øverste klanleder, David Duke. Ron Stallworths fantastiske erindringsbog "Black Klansman" er blevet filmatiseret i 2018 af Spike Lee.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller! The extraordinary true story and basis for the Academy Award winning film BlacKkKlansman , written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver. 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.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller! The extraordinary true story and basis for the Academy Award winning film BlacKkKlansman , written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver. 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.