There is also the Ann Atwater Freedom Library at the School for Conversion in Durham. One image is a painting of a Herald-Sun photo of Atwater and Ellis, taken during the “Save Our Schools” charrette. Yes, there is a mural on the side of the Durham Arts Council in downtown Durham of different scenes from the civil rights movement in Durham. Does Durham have a public historical commemoration of Atwater and Ellis? Atwater, then 72, was a leader in Durham during the anti-poverty movement of the 1960s and continues to try to help those in need today. Ellis really rip up his KKK membership card?Īnn Atwater works the phones from her home in Durham on March 27, 2008, as she tries to help those in need. Read the stuff, understand where they’re coming from, then you know how to approach it.” 8. “But when you consider yourself a Christian, what Ann taught those young boys, was very powerful. Throw it in the trash,’” Henson told The News & Observer about the scene. “What I loved about it is your knee-jerk response would be ‘Burn that. So did Riddick, who confirms to The News & Observer that the episode took place. In one of Henson’s most moving scenes in the film, she is visibly shaken while adjusting the robe. Riddick was going to let them, but Atwater stops them. In the film, some black youth knock pamphlets off the display table and try to remove the robe. Riddick didn’t want him to, but allowed it, saying it was a compromise in exchange for allowing black participants to sing gospel music at the end of each meeting.

Harris, the school where the charrette was taking place.

Were Klan materials and robes on display at the charrette?ĭepicted in the film, Ellis brings Klan pamphlets, along with a robe and hood, to display at R.N.

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