RON STALLWORTH: FEARLESS BLACK MAN

An amazing history from the 70's about the braveness of a black agent who dared to infiltrate himself into one of the most dangerous racist organizations; the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1979 this secret organization decided to recruit new members in the city of Colorado Springs. And they did not find a better option than making their request by an ad in the newspaper. Then the police of the city decided to use this contact for investigate them.

The agent Ron Stallworth, member of the Intelligence Police Department of Colorado Springs was designated to a very risky mission; to become an undercover infiltrate in the Ku Klux Klan group. And he accepted even though he was a black man.

Ron had to talk by telephone with the person in charge of the recruitment, and he pretended to be a white racist man. He said he felt injured by black people, and he also said he was so upset because her sister was dating a black man. Of course it was all fiction, but it worked. Curiously Ron gave them his real name, which was a very dangerous strategy.

Everything went well; Ron started to earn their trust without any problem, until the day they asked to know him in person. Obviously he could not go because he was black, so they sent a white police to replace him. This man had to practice imitating Ron's voice for weeks before the meeting.

Finally, after several days of investigation the police got with one of the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke. He spoke with Ron by telephone and he said to him 'I can tell that you are a pure Aryan white man by the way you talk'. He definitely fell into the trap.

This secret investigation helped to reveal a lot of information about this racist organization, and thanks to Ron Stallworth the police could disband the Ku Klux Klan from Colorado Spring city. 

Here is an interesting interview where Ron Stallworth talks about his experience as an infiltrate.