The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

January. 01,2013 NR

Rating：

8.2

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Ku Klux Klan Newspaper Editor Pulitzer Prize

Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1953, Horace Carter earned a Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service for his reporting on the Ku Klux Klan. Carter persevered in the face of death threats, including those against his family, and used the editorial authority of North Carolina's TABOR CITY TRIBUNE to protest the Klan's racist rhetoric and vigilantism. Carter's bold reporting and the unwavering integrity of his editorials helped lead to the first federal intervention in the south during that era and to the arrest and conviction of nearly 100 klansmen.

Morgan Freeman as Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

TinsHeadline

2013/01/01

Touches You

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JinRoz

2013/01/02

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

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Acensbart

2013/01/03

Excellent but underrated film

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Mathilde the Guild

2013/01/04

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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rcgore

2013/01/05

This is a super documentary and I would recommend it to anyone; and especially to anyone with interest in Southeastern North Carolina and its history! I knew Horace Carter and his family personally and my Mom did some creative advertising for his newspapers and other businesses. I knew some of this story but this movie really hit a home run further informing me. I knew Horace was a hero but I didn't fully understand how much of one he was. I don't think 1 person in a million would have done what he did. The actual violence was scary but it was nothing compared to the mental, social, verbal, economic and similar toll it too on everyone in the area. He is a shining star of courage for his family, Tabor City and everyone else.

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