Episode 1112
Battle of Hayes Pond
Tue, 2020-May-19 01:45 UTC
Length - 1:22
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With 520,238 views on Monday, 18 May 2020 our article of the day is Battle of Hayes Pond.
The Battle of Hayes Pond or Maxton Riot was an armed confrontation between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Lumbee Native Americans at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. Grand Dragon James W. "Catfish" Cole was the organizer of the Klan rally. Sanford Locklear, Simeon Oxendine and Neill Lowery were leaders of the Lumbee who attacked the Klansmen and successfully disrupted the rally.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:45 UTC on Tuesday, 19 May 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Battle of Hayes Pond on Wikipedia.
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