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Activists C. P. Ellis and Ann Atwater
C. P. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan member, and Ann Atwater, a community activist, formed an unlikely partnership after being assigned as co-leaders of a group of citizens navigating court-ordered school desegregation in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1970s.
Subject
- History
- Social Studies
Language
English — USUpdated
Activists C. P. Ellis and Ann Atwater
![C.P. Ellis, a white man, and Ann Atwater, a Black woman, sit together holding hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/ActivistsCPEllisandAnnAtwater_FH229560.jpg?itok=1DssEs9_)
Activists C. P. Ellis and Ann Atwater
Credit:
Osha Gray Davidson © 2016
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