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Size | Approximately 75 items |
Abstract | "The Editor and the Dragon" Collection consists of the unedited copies of the interviews conducted for this documentary, which chronicles Horace Carter's reporting on the Ku Klux Klan in the Tabor City Tribune (N.C.). Transcripts are available. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
This summary description was created in November 2017 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Back to TopAs editor of the Tabor City Tribune (N.C.), Horace Carter (1921-2009) wrote over 100 pieces for the newspaper condemning the Ku Klux Klan's activities. He and his family were threatened by the Klan, but his reporting led to federal investigations in the South, and the eventual arrest of over 100 Klan members. Carter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his reporting on the Klan.
Back to Top"The Editor and the Dragon" Collection consists of the unedited copies of the interviews conducted for this documentary, which chronicles Horace Carter's reporting on the Ku Klux Klan in the Tabor City Tribune (N.C.). There are three separate interviews: 2003, 2006, and 2008. Also included are interview transcripts, a guide to the interview tapes, and a recording of the Long Leaf Pine ceremonies in which Governor Mike Easley presented the award to Horace Carter outsides the offices of the Tabor-Loris Tribune.
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