1958 Ku Klux Klan meeting in Maxton N.C. broken up by Native American community
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2019
- In 1958, the Ku Klux Klan attempted to hold a rally in Maxton, N.C.. Jack Lowery shares his experience and insight into that night and the events that lead up to the conflict.
To hear others share their experience, view the Battle of Hayes Pond playlist,
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As a white man I'm ashamed of how Blacks Native Americans and the Jewish people have been treated. I have no tolerance for hatred and racism. There is one race. The human race.
You didn't have anything to do with that man. Im Lumbee, and I don't expect good people of today, to pay for the evils of people in the past. Thank you for caring, but if we had to pay for our ancestors, we'd all be in trouble, lol.
@Terry.. well said
we native americans are peaceful warriors but warriors we are when needed
Jack, thank you for this personal account of the confrontation with KKK in 1958. I remember it well as a boy of 13 years old in Fort Mill, SC. Every newspaper, magazine, radio and television outlet found this event newsworthy. The Lumbee Nation stood out as heroes giving confidence to others to take a stand against the racist, cowardly and inhumane activities this mob inflicted. Still, today we stay on guard...lest we forget.
Love to hear the Klan getting a beat down! Great job Lumbee people.
I'm glad I ran across this video. Thank you Mr. Lowery for sharing this story. I'll just add this. The klan went there for action, but they didn't get the kind they expected 😂
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Much love and respect to my fellow Indian brothers.
There’s so much satisfaction in this story I smiled the whole time!
THANK YOU SIR!!
Hats off to you sir, and all your people!
To think it's 2020 and there are millions in this country who still believe this is okay!😳
This is really beautiful, inspiring and above all, a lesson for us all to learn from the Lumbee people. Thank you so much!
Proud and brave people. I salute you.
Attorney Jack Lowery describes this event in the most succinct narrative that I have ever heard! Thank you, sir, for sharing your personal account of that frightening night.
It's great to hear stories of heroes who stood up against racism you are appreciated.
I am a son of a Lumbee from St. Pauls . I did not grow up there but I do remember as a child about Hayes Pond and several other events. I also remember the KKK in Greensboro and the shootings we saw on TV. I remember a number of visits for family get togethers in St. Pauls where a lot of conversation was about how they were treated and very little had changed. What my father did will alway be in my mind and his advice after these visits. He would gather us up and tell everyone we were leaving. We would say you could stay here and complain or leave for something better. Never forget who you are but hate and that is where you will stay. Mr. Lowery never for got who he is but his college degree has served him well. Yes use these lessons to show where we were and how far we have come.. I cannot help believe used in political today, divide more than they unite. There will come a point when the past will not let you into the future. I am proud of who I am and thankful for the opportunity this country has given me
The enemy of my enemy is my friend!
Thank you for this video. Thank you to the Lumbee People. I'm an anthropologist with a love of Native American Culture and History and was unaware of this incident and found out about it with another video and this one was even better.
I wish my lumbee buddy was here to watch this with me RIP papa smallwood
As a Lumbee indian related to Henry b. Lowery..his story and this story is very satisfying
Native Americans my heros.
“It made us tough”
I worked at a college as a advisor for the native American club we took the kids to the gatherings of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico it was one of the most memorable experiences I've ever had such beautiful culture!
I never realize how many different tribes there are. I live up by a reservation and that's one thing I will say don't mess with the Native Americans because they will fight!
God bless all Humanity! Love the story thank you Sr. for sharing it!
Maxton!My grandfather,John Brown's,home town....Great recollection,Sir
My mother's home town ... Jeanette Bridges.
Cree Native American. Fighting since 1971 for equality and love for all mankind. Much Love.
Tansi I agree Indigenous Men, Women and Children across Turtle Island are Warriors, Soldiers and Patriots to their Nations, they faught in the past and will always fight for their Nation, Culture, Blood and Soil.
As a native Tejano visiting NC/SC I met a few of my Lumberton sisters at a restaurant near Fayetteville, and they saw me as a lumbee member so awesome. we are so close but yet so far, but we are not going anywhere ancestors
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Thank you yah for this strong man and his people.
I can tell Jack Lowery is a great guy. I would love to meet him. I know that Community Pembroke from the late 80's. My Navajo brother and I would travel from the 82nd to party there with the Lumbees ..we had many friends. Great communities great memories
Jack Lowery is a legend!
Loved the story
Had no idea natives where given their own separate facilities as well, i thought it was just “white” and “colored” fascinating
The lumbees of North Carolina were one of the very few unique places in the south where the 1 drop rule couldn’t apply. Because there were too many of them and they were powerful enough not to be assimilated into the black community as was the case with other mixed people throughout the United States.
So the lumbees essentially made up a middle caste between white and black in a similar way to the “coloureds” of South Africa and the Mestizos of Latin America.
The 1 drop rule was created to prevent this caste system that was usual for many colonial societies like I said in Africa and Latin America. And it was largely successful except for lumbees and a few others like Louisiana creoles.
@@HueyPPLonghey thanks for this comment , very educational . Appreciate it. :) ❤
My gmas grandma lived on a res in NC
oh yes. my uncle had to be vouched for by my dad that he was swedish. dad was norweigan and my uncle ted was chippewa. both were good baseball players. fortunately he was able to drink in the bars with my dad after the games. we are the forgotten race that face racism. it is not just black and white
Thank y’all much for putting this out ❤️❤️❤️
Amen brother!
My great grandfathers were Lumbee and it shows in my dna. I am so proud because they fought in the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War. Isham Locust and Ishmael Robert's. God bless them and you for telling this story.
Rip to your great grandfathers
A very important part of history.
In the spirit of Henry Lowery who resisted the Confederacy for the Lumbee people and was made outlaw by North Carolina for resisting the nightriders who wanted to put the Lumbee in their place after the civil war
Wow! What a story loved it.
Love it when Jack Lowery shares his stories!
I never heard of this story, however considering the times we are in now, I find this refreshing. The rest of us can learn something useful about self respect from this. Much love for the Lumbees, although I have just now become aware of their existence.
Now these are the Americans we used to be proud of..
The late Malvina Reynolds wrote a song about the Lumbee/Klan Maxton 'battle'....It can be found here on youtube by searching 'Maxton' battle..
Much respect to the Natives. Good show.
Thank you for sharing.
I'm very proud of the Lumbee as well. This is a great video.
my great uncle buck was a part of this
we are still proud of our lumbee relatives. thank you sir for this old war story. all my relations
God bless the lumbee
Nice!!! Story.. God Bless you ❤
Amazing story just amazing...hats off to you and your people for making a stand my brother.. just amazing my brother
I love this story so much, I had not heard of this until right this moment and I'm 55 years old, this would make such a great movie.
My family come from the TAINOS...we too, had a taste of racism....I can't even imagine what you went through..
God bless you all
through these hard time I miss Robeson county shout out to the Lumbee's #BLM
Great guy!
I know those towns. A place called Roland,NC is close to Maxton,NC,Red SpringsNC,Laurinburg,NC Its nice there.
As a kid, I spent almost every summer and holiday in Maxton.
I worked with a lady who grew up in Maxton. We lived in Greensboro NC. I've been thru there to go to Myrtle beach.
Rowland is my home town
My family was apart of this
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I'm not native but much love to my lumbee brothers and sisters.
Awesome story 👍
My parents used to tell me about this event and how they where involved in running these guys off.
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This definitely was a prideful story of the true American Indian and the racism that still exist today. Heart warming story. Great story of the past.
This is a wonderful bit of history.
This is such a good story of physical power against the klan.
I am so glad to hear about this historical event in detail. Thank you.
Bravo to the Lumbee people! Its good for the soul to learn that those KKK terrorists were soundly beaten. And by the very people they came to terrorize.
I'm old now ,but I wished for years for the "Real History" of America to be told. Instead of the whitewashed lies we had to remember and spit out in school. So many times as a child, I wanted to stand up in my classes surrounded by only white children and tell them it wasn't like that for my people.My great-grandmother on my grandfather side was Cherokee.My grandmother was Blackfoot. S.C. ,N.C. I identify as black, when my DNA is black ,white and native. My father was black. In those days you were what your father was.🤯🤯🤯
My favorite and most touching book and movie is "The Education of Little Tree" by Forrest Carter. It's about a young Indian boy who lost his parents and was raised by his Scottish grandfather and Cherokee wife. His "education" came from his illiterate grandparents who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was taken away and forced to attend a school for Indian children to receive a "proper" education. The experiment did not work as the authorities expected.
I love everybody
God Bless you Sir. Thank you for sharing this story, I greatly appreciate it. It's informative and inspiring, and I want my grandchildren to know what real history sounds like, because that's what children form my days did not get. Please keep on telling these wonderful and inspiring stories. Much Love to you and all Native Americans.
I am Cherokee and Tuscarora but with Irish and I took after my Irish side and I still get rascist comments from my little cousins because they don’t understand cause me and my brother are the whitest.
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😍 Loveya'll
NativeYa'llare
POWERFUL!
One of my ancestors is Lumbee. I bet I have more indigenous ancestry, but sges the only one that is documented and that I have an actual photo of.
Thank you so much sir, for standing up to the ignorance of the time,and coming out victorious....I too take my hat off to you, peace and blessings to you....👍👍👍
Now THIS is how history should be taught! Real people, real story and real perspectives shared among intelligent minds.
All the love and respect from an Egyptian brother
Great interview!
I just lucked up on this page I'm so happy I don't know much about my grandmother's and her families history. She passed away when I was 3 my mother passed away when I was 12 so I'm happy I get this chance.
Lumbee pride.
Thank you Sir for That Story God Bless Us
Lumbee i love my ppl
Such a great story. Really don't get to hear these stories often from our native brothers! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
I love it
My Grandma told me this story on several occasions growing up
You are breaking my heart.
As a resident of southeastern Nc, and a former student of UNC Pembroke, I can attest to the reputation that Lumbee’s have acquired. They do not play.
I Never Knew The Story Until Today.
Bless
God bless you lubbee people great story. All the best from uk
This is a great story, I don’t know you, but you’re a excellent human, feel proud of wat u did👍
What an EXCELLENT STORY! Well Told! What a handsome man...!
living history. capturing testomony like this is precious.
My dad was from Raleigh. He told me this story.
My mother was the first person in her family that was allowed to graduate from a public high school by the State of Georgia. At age 16, she was valedictorian of her high school class, received a full scholarship to the University of Georgia and graduated Summa Cum Laude from UGA. She later got a Masters and 6-year Professional Degree then was named Teacher of the Year in Georgia.
Awesome story and lesson. God bless the native American people. I hope their bravery and courage inspires us to do better
Thank you Sir for sharing your life and this story. I remember the kkk very well growing up in the south. They were bad and ignorant people. What I didn’t know was that the lumbee people were a part of fighting the kkk.
Thank you Sir for your bravery! Much respect to you and your people! 🔥💜🔥
Choctaw and African American. Always Proud. Wish I’d knew more about my Great Grandma’s People. Miss her
I had my own experiences in new bern with the kkk , your story is inspiring
Amen my dad's family some Silvia North Carolina we are Cherokee and German and we are proud!! I have my mother's maiden name which is very deceptive to my heritage.
This is an intersting video.
Now that’s what I’m about. That was great. History should never not remind us.
So beautiful! Simeon Oxendine was my nephew’s great uncle and either a twin or triplet. His sister, Kitty, also took part in that night and is pictured in the Life magazine article. If you’re wondering whatever happened to the Klan flag...Aunt Kitty still has it.
I'm sure our Museum of Southeast American Indian would be very interested in Aunt Kitty, her story and the flag. They hosted this video series. You can reach them through their web page uncp.edu/museum.
Catfish Coe was my great grandma daddy
Good job brothers n sisters from Arizona native I’m akimel old ham from Pima rez
I’m black and part native my grandma is from maxton NC and she was half she died year 2017 in her mid 80s I Bc heard this story blacks and natives came together in Robeson county to beat the kkk back then