American Experience Klansville U.S.A. (Season 27, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Klansville U.S.A. (Season 27, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

Director

Callie T. Wiser

Writers

Callie T. Wiser (story) (telescript) | David Espar (telescript) | David Cunningham (book: "Klansville U.S.A.")

Producers

Molly Jacobs | Callie T. Wiser

Composer

Gary Lionelli

Cinematographer

Jason Longo

Editors

Chad Ervin | Glenn Fukushima

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 13, 2015

Release date

Jan 13, 2015 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 123 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
25 cast members

Name	Known for
Oliver Platt Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1993)
David Cunningham Self - Author of 'Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan' Self - Author of 'Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan' See fewer	Laughing for Silver (2008)
Rob Christensen Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Slay the Dragon (2019)
Michael Frierson Self - Filmmaker, FBI KKK Self - Filmmaker, FBI KKK See fewer	Clarence John Laughlin: An Artist with a Camera (2009)
Estelle Sanders Self - Mayor of Roper, NC (as Bunny Sanders) Self - Mayor of Roper, NC (as Bunny Sanders) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Patsy Sims Self - Author of 'The Klan' Self - Author of 'The Klan' See fewer	The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America (1982)
Gary Freeze Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The Mayberry Effect (2021)
Ned Cline Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Mark Potok Self - Editor-in-Chief, 'Intelligence Report' Self - Editor-in-Chief, 'Intelligence Report' See fewer	Oklahoma City (2017)
George Wallace Self - Governor of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Governor of Alabama (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Robert Jones Self - Leader of the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan (archive footage) (as Bob Jones) Self - Leader of the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan (archive footage) (as Bob Jones) See fewer
Martin Luther King Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
David S. Cecelski Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Women of the Underground Railroad in Northeastern North Carolina (2020)
Sybil Jones Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Hooligan Legacy (2016)
George Dorsett Self - Ku Klux Klan Preacher (archive footage) Self - Ku Klux Klan Preacher (archive footage) See fewer
C.P. Ellis Self - Former Klan Member Self - Former Klan Member See fewer	World in Action (1963)
Price Brown Self - Police Officer in the 1960s (as Price Brown Jr.) Self - Police Officer in the 1960s (as Price Brown Jr.) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self - US President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self - US President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Matt Murphy Self - Ku Klux Klan Preacher (archive footage) Self - Ku Klux Klan Preacher (archive footage) See fewer
William Orville Eaton Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) (as W. O. Eaton) Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) (as W. O. Eaton) See fewer
Eugene Thomas Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) See fewer
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) Self - Accused Killer of Viola Liuzzo (archive footage) See fewer	Eyewitness to History (1959)
Robert Shelton Self (archive footage) (as Robert M. Shelton) Self (archive footage) (as Robert M. Shelton) See fewer	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Philip R. Manuel Self - Economic Crime Investigatin Expert Self - Economic Crime Investigatin Expert See fewer	Mobsters (1997)
J. Edgar Hoover Self - FBI Director (archive footage) Self - FBI Director (archive footage) See fewer	The Next of Kin (1942)