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History influenced BlacKkKlansman
Added by Media Influence Map · 14 October 2026
- Ron Stallworth's infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan
The evidence
Spike Lee's film is based on Ron Stallworth, the first Black detective in Colorado Springs, who infiltrated the local Ku Klux Klan in 1978.
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