Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 16:11:06 GMT -6
Civil rights activist and Klan leader attacked problem from opposite sides
C. P. Ellis didn’t really want to go back to work last Thursday. The president of the Durham chapter of United Klans of America, had other things on his mind when he reported back to duty in the maintenance department at Duke University.
Ellis had just spent 10 days serving as co-chairman of SOS – Save Our Schools – a series of open forums on school problems in Durham.
The other SOS chairman was Mrs. Ann Atwater, acting chairman of the board of directors of United Organizations for Community Improvement, a black neighborhood development corporation in Durham.
“Something has happened to me, and I think it’s for the best,” Ellis told an audience at the final SOS session. …
SOS was a “charrette,” an experiment in intensive community involvement in the identification of problems in a certain area and the formulation of solutions. The word “charette” originally referred to the intensive effort made by architectural students to solve a problem in an allotted time.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/past-times/article85852732.html
After all of the hatred and bitterness between the two leaders from opposite factions they learned to listen and work together on solving racial issues. The work that they did together had such a profound impact that Ellis renounced his KKK membership.
C. P. Ellis didn’t really want to go back to work last Thursday. The president of the Durham chapter of United Klans of America, had other things on his mind when he reported back to duty in the maintenance department at Duke University.
Ellis had just spent 10 days serving as co-chairman of SOS – Save Our Schools – a series of open forums on school problems in Durham.
The other SOS chairman was Mrs. Ann Atwater, acting chairman of the board of directors of United Organizations for Community Improvement, a black neighborhood development corporation in Durham.
“Something has happened to me, and I think it’s for the best,” Ellis told an audience at the final SOS session. …
SOS was a “charrette,” an experiment in intensive community involvement in the identification of problems in a certain area and the formulation of solutions. The word “charette” originally referred to the intensive effort made by architectural students to solve a problem in an allotted time.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/past-times/article85852732.html
After all of the hatred and bitterness between the two leaders from opposite factions they learned to listen and work together on solving racial issues. The work that they did together had such a profound impact that Ellis renounced his KKK membership.