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Let me try talking to the other imperial wizard here. jim shealys not covering his face. finally a klansman with high self-esteem. >> have you had black people here before to witness this? >> no. youll actually be the first black man thats attended to a cross lighting. >> okay. >> the first thing that any man or woman learns when they join a klan group is how to wrap the cross. these robes are part of who we are. the cross lighting is part of who we are. >> so when you burn a cross you dont -- >...

Cross burning later. but first, if you search the internet for kkk, some of the top stories youll find are about a small town youve probably never heard of. so im headed back to arkansas. the town of harrison has a population that is 96% white. and its known for still having an active ku klux klan presence. what kind of vibe will i get here? will i see some kind of sign of modern-day racism? >> ta-da. >> the controversial billboard up in harrison in northern arkansas sparking nationwide controve...

Member of the temptations is so old hes sitting on a stool the whole time. dancing his ass off. [ laughter ] aint too proud to beg. so i think i cant just judge the klan by this one dude. ive got to go talk to more klan members. which is the first time a black guys ever said that sentence in life. [ laughter ] >> my next stop on the "where are they now" klan edition is dawson springs, kentucky. walking the streets, it feels like any quaint southern working-class town. but for decades the kkk and...

Depot and buying the wood? >> we tried it before and the wood goes up pretty fast. >> dont get your cross at home depot for the cross lighting. >> were not racist against home depot whatsoever. >> i love that you have sensitivity around home depot. >> absolutely, man. a little more. not so fast, man. dude, youre going real fast. youre going to lose a lot of fuel. we call it klansmans cologne. most of the robes i have have kerosene on them. except for this one. >> you want to keep this one nice. ...

For years. part of this dates to or attributes to us as african-americans i think that there has been a hair trigger with regard to charges of racism in the news. i think of the gentleman in the washington d.c. mayors office who used the word niggardly which means sticker and has no association to the racial slur and two weeks of uproar over that which was a waste of political capital. with that said, there are people who would not admit to racism until theres a cross burning and even then they ...

>> this flag represents freedom from tyranny, not racism. >> reporter: things escalated yesterday to the point of an arrest. authorities say a group of pro-flag supporters pulled their cars into the middle of the intersection and stopped, got out and began engaging with the crowd. they arrested the man they describe as the primary aggressor, francis. they charged him with disorderly conduct. >> we also know sarah, the ku klux klan are planning a rally later in july filing the necessary paperwork...

And she called me and she said, mother, get up there. theres a cross burning out here in the front of the house. i said, what? she said, a cross. >> well, my mother was not afraid. she had children there, young children. my brother just born. of course, she went to get the gun. >> my second daughter was here and i said get on the telephone and start calling some people. >> they came immediately. and they put their cars in front of our house in a line and they started shooting. >> and i went to t...

Enrolled in a local college for black students. her younger sisters integrated the all-white high school and faced a terrifying backlash. >> i was doing homework and i heard all these cars coming down the road. being way out here in the back woods in the country, thats unusual. when i looked out the window, i saw this cross. and it was burning so i went to wake my mother. >> i was in the bed. and she called me and she said, mother, get up there. theres a cross burning out here in the front of th...

Enrolled in a local college for black students. her younger students integrated the all-white high school and faced a terrifying backlash. >> i was doing homework and i heard all these cars coming down the road. being were out in the back woods in the country, thats unusual. when i looked out the window, i saw this cross, and it was burning. so i went to wake my mother. >> and i was in the bed. and she called me. she said, mother, get up here. theres a cross burning in the front of the yard. i s...

Devote your life to working for change. and i remember a calmness came over me. because i had a game plan. >> reporter: after graduating from high school, shirley enrolled in a local college for black students. her younger sisters integrated the all-white high school and faced a terrifying backlash. >> i was doing homework and i heard all these cars coming down the road. being way out here in the back woods in the country, thats unusual. when i looked out the window, i saw this cross. and it was...