1958 Ku Klux Klan meeting in Maxton N.C. broken up by Native American community

[@samuelbenitez4687]

we native americans are peaceful warriors but warriors we are when needed

[@terrysigmon3119]

As a white man I'm ashamed of how Blacks Native Americans and the Jewish people have been treated. I have no tolerance for hatred and racism. There is one race. The human race.

[@Lumbeelegend]

You didn't have anything to do with that man. Im Lumbee, and I don't expect good people of today, to pay for the evils of people in the past. Thank you for caring, but if we had to pay for our ancestors, we'd all be in trouble, lol.

[@nonymous590]

@Terry.. well said

[@rufussanders1124]

Jack, thank you for this personal account of the confrontation with KKK in 1958. I remember it well as a boy of 13 years old in Fort Mill, SC. Every newspaper, magazine, radio and television outlet found this event newsworthy. The Lumbee Nation stood out as heroes giving confidence to others to take a stand against the racist, cowardly and inhumane activities this mob inflicted. Still, today we stay on guard...lest we forget.

[@AP-fe9hm]

There’s so much satisfaction in this story I smiled the whole time!

[@charlotteprice8930]

THANK YOU SIR!!

[@wingnut4217]

Much love and respect to my fellow Indian brothers.

[@1stvongoejr]

I'm glad I ran across this video. Thank you Mr. Lowery for sharing this story. I'll just add this. The klan went there for action, but they didn't get the kind they expected 😂

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😂😉🥰

[@stevemowat4294]

Love to hear the Klan getting a beat down! Great job Lumbee people.

[@dwayneclemons5497]

This is really beautiful, inspiring and above all, a lesson for us all to learn from the Lumbee people. Thank you so much!

[@m.b.82]

Proud and brave people. I salute you.

[@akheem7515]

To think it's 2020 and there are millions in this country who still believe this is okay!😳

[@Dakatari]

It's great to hear stories of heroes who stood up against racism you are appreciated.

[@louisemaynor7199]

Attorney Jack Lowery describes this event in the most succinct narrative that I have ever heard! Thank you, sir, for sharing your personal account of that frightening night.

[@ronniesmith8965]

I am a son of a Lumbee from St. Pauls . I did not grow up there but I do remember as a child about Hayes Pond and several other events. I also remember the KKK in Greensboro and the shootings we saw on TV. I remember a number of visits for family get togethers in St. Pauls where a lot of conversation was about how they were treated and very little had changed. What my father did will alway be in my mind and his advice after these visits. He would gather us up and tell everyone we were leaving. We would say you could stay here and complain or leave for something better. Never forget who you are but hate and that is where you will stay. Mr. Lowery never for got who he is but his college degree has served him well. Yes use these lessons to show where we were and how far we have come.. I cannot help believe used in political today, divide more than they unite. There will come a point when the past will not let you into the future. I am proud of who I am and thankful for the opportunity this country has given me

[@grantlaredo9795]

Hats off to you sir, and all your people!

[@OldGuyStudent]

Thank you for this video. Thank you to the Lumbee People. I'm an anthropologist with a love of Native American Culture and History and was unaware of this incident and found out about it with another video and this one was even better.

[@shangosankofa9560]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend!

[@deborahlee63]

Native Americans my heros.

[@dinanieto1793]

I worked at a college as a advisor for the native American club we took the kids to the gatherings of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico it was one of the most memorable experiences I've ever had such beautiful culture! I never realize how many different tribes there are. I live up by a reservation and that's one thing I will say don't mess with the Native Americans because they will fight! God bless all Humanity! Love the story thank you Sr. for sharing it!

[@wallytverstol8627]

oh yes. my uncle had to be vouched for by my dad that he was swedish. dad was norweigan and my uncle ted was chippewa. both were good baseball players. fortunately he was able to drink in the bars with my dad after the games. we are the forgotten race that face racism. it is not just black and white

[@jameswilliams3241]

In the spirit of Henry Lowery who resisted the Confederacy for the Lumbee people and was made outlaw by North Carolina for resisting the nightriders who wanted to put the Lumbee in their place after the civil war

[@benbusy7295]

I wish my lumbee buddy was here to watch this with me RIP papa smallwood

[@rossperales7138]

As a native Tejano visiting NC/SC I met a few of my Lumberton sisters at a restaurant near Fayetteville, and they saw me as a lumbee member so awesome. we are so close but yet so far, but we are not going anywhere ancestors

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️

[@Acrowe]

Cree Native American. Fighting since 1971 for equality and love for all mankind. Much Love.

[@RaijinX9Mokuzai]

Tansi I agree Indigenous Men, Women and Children across Turtle Island are Warriors, Soldiers and Patriots to their Nations, they faught in the past and will always fight for their Nation, Culture, Blood and Soil.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Thank y’all much for putting this out ❤️❤️❤️

[@liteskinnedbobbybrown6256]

Maxton!My grandfather,John Brown's,home town....Great recollection,Sir

[@darrylhill755]

My mother's home town ... Jeanette Bridges.

[@TasetiMuhammadan70x70]

“It made us tough”

[@oradixiegalloway672]

Thank you yah for this strong man and his people.

[@waymorjameson]

I can tell Jack Lowery is a great guy. I would love to meet him. I know that Community Pembroke from the late 80's. My Navajo brother and I would travel from the 82nd to party there with the Lumbees ..we had many friends. Great communities great memories

[@thomasmorano7779]

As a Lumbee indian related to Henry b. Lowery..his story and this story is very satisfying

[@hootsmon4723]

Now these are the Americans we used to be proud of..

[@johnmurry2499]

Jack Lowery is a legend!

[@bradlcmuseumbooks6951]

My great grandfathers were Lumbee and it shows in my dna. I am so proud because they fought in the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War. Isham Locust and Ishmael Robert's. God bless them and you for telling this story.

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

Rip to your great grandfathers

[@RaymondMeunierMusique]

Had no idea natives where given their own separate facilities as well, i thought it was just “white” and “colored” fascinating

[@HueyPPLong]

The lumbees of North Carolina were one of the very few unique places in the south where the 1 drop rule couldn’t apply. Because there were too many of them and they were powerful enough not to be assimilated into the black community as was the case with other mixed people throughout the United States. So the lumbees essentially made up a middle caste between white and black in a similar way to the “coloureds” of South Africa and the Mestizos of Latin America. The 1 drop rule was created to prevent this caste system that was usual for many colonial societies like I said in Africa and Latin America. And it was largely successful except for lumbees and a few others like Louisiana creoles.

[@NickolaiPetrovitch]

@@HueyPPLonghey thanks for this comment , very educational . Appreciate it. :) ❤

[@remylebeau5212]

My gmas grandma lived on a res in NC

[@danielsegalman1347]

A very important part of history.

[@kidofflint8812]

God bless the lumbee

[@michaelrandle8316]

I never heard of this story, however considering the times we are in now, I find this refreshing. The rest of us can learn something useful about self respect from this. Much love for the Lumbees, although I have just now become aware of their existence.

[@FlySavageFPV]

My parents used to tell me about this event and how they where involved in running these guys off.

[@MarkLeeLeeandLee]

Love it when Jack Lowery shares his stories!

[@palmerahakuelo8503]

This definitely was a prideful story of the true American Indian and the racism that still exist today. Heart warming story. Great story of the past.

[@galecummings2465]

Loved the story

[@MrDmurc]

through these hard time I miss Robeson county shout out to the Lumbee's #BLM

[@peacepipenetwork]

we are still proud of our lumbee relatives. thank you sir for this old war story. all my relations

[@dianalvillaloboz4284]

Wow! What a story loved it.

[@dbradley21]

Amen brother!

[@LithaMoonSong]

I love this story so much, I had not heard of this until right this moment and I'm 55 years old, this would make such a great movie.

[@nancymessner8476]

I'm very proud of the Lumbee as well. This is a great video.

[@catskill49murphy27]

The late Malvina Reynolds wrote a song about the Lumbee/Klan Maxton 'battle'....It can be found here on youtube by searching 'Maxton' battle..

[@jboogie1697]

Amazing story just amazing...hats off to you and your people for making a stand my brother.. just amazing my brother

[@joebuie9819]

I know those towns. A place called Roland,NC is close to Maxton,NC,Red SpringsNC,Laurinburg,NC Its nice there.

[@darrylhill755]

As a kid, I spent almost every summer and holiday in Maxton.

[@janiceharris6219]

I worked with a lady who grew up in Maxton. We lived in Greensboro NC. I've been thru there to go to Myrtle beach.

[@ronaldmonroe7676]

Rowland is my home town

[@latainadeborique]

My family come from the TAINOS...we too, had a taste of racism....I can't even imagine what you went through.. God bless you all

[@daniellefriar3564]

my great uncle buck was a part of this

[@BoyWonderbk]

Much respect to the Natives. Good show.

[@sebrown2040]

Thank you for sharing.

[@sBaby-ch2mp]

I am Cherokee and Tuscarora but with Irish and I took after my Irish side and I still get rascist comments from my little cousins because they don’t understand cause me and my brother are the whitest.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️

[@countyline74]

I'm not native but much love to my lumbee brothers and sisters.

[@rosejackson8670]

God Bless you Sir. Thank you for sharing this story, I greatly appreciate it. It's informative and inspiring, and I want my grandchildren to know what real history sounds like, because that's what children form my days did not get. Please keep on telling these wonderful and inspiring stories. Much Love to you and all Native Americans.

[@edithjones4688]

Nice!!! Story.. God Bless you ❤

[@joryscott2989]

Great guy!

[@johnharchar6731]

Now THIS is how history should be taught! Real people, real story and real perspectives shared among intelligent minds.

[@tubailey2459]

Choctaw and African American. Always Proud. Wish I’d knew more about my Great Grandma’s People. Miss her

[@Lamont24012]

This is a wonderful bit of history.

[@pbg9208]

All the love and respect from an Egyptian brother

[@reginafutch3211]

I'm old now ,but I wished for years for the "Real History" of America to be told. Instead of the whitewashed lies we had to remember and spit out in school. So many times as a child, I wanted to stand up in my classes surrounded by only white children and tell them it wasn't like that for my people.My great-grandmother on my grandfather side was Cherokee.My grandmother was Blackfoot. S.C. ,N.C. I identify as black, when my DNA is black ,white and native. My father was black. In those days you were what your father was.🤯🤯🤯

[@ellieprice3396]

My favorite and most touching book and movie is "The Education of Little Tree" by Forrest Carter. It's about a young Indian boy who lost his parents and was raised by his Scottish grandfather and Cherokee wife. His "education" came from his illiterate grandparents who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was taken away and forced to attend a school for Indian children to receive a "proper" education. The experiment did not work as the authorities expected.

[@Amythecuterose]

My family was apart of this

[@ikke2757]

This made me, as a Black man, all warm and glowing on the inside!😊 Good for you and your people, Sir!

[@mightymissk]

Bravo to the Lumbee people! Its good for the soul to learn that those KKK terrorists were soundly beaten. And by the very people they came to terrorize.

[@williammunny7133]

This is such a good story of physical power against the klan.

[@lamontsnyder135]

💪🏾✊🏽

[@cd2110]

I am so glad to hear about this historical event in detail. Thank you.

[@rolandrodriguez1381]

Awesome story 👍

[@shonoff83]

Thank you so much sir, for standing up to the ignorance of the time,and coming out victorious....I too take my hat off to you, peace and blessings to you....👍👍👍

[@QPDWK]

I had my own experiences in new bern with the kkk , your story is inspiring

[@mdot2597]

Such a great story. Really don't get to hear these stories often from our native brothers! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@kimbrown1302]

I just lucked up on this page I'm so happy I don't know much about my grandmother's and her families history. She passed away when I was 3 my mother passed away when I was 12 so I'm happy I get this chance.

[@ari_mas_cas3484]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾

[@harrisdavis3877]

Thank you Sir for That Story God Bless Us

[@xepheru3067]

My grandma was there. Her dad was one of the Lumbee men with a shotgun that helped chase the clan off. I'm so proud of my tribe and ancestors.

[@jeffreyray2575]

I love everybody

[@omggiiirl2077]

One of my ancestors is Lumbee. I bet I have more indigenous ancestry, but sges the only one that is documented and that I have an actual photo of.

[@exclusivelytrey]

My Grandma told me this story on several occasions growing up

[@judithcampbell3354]

Thank you Sir for sharing your life and this story. I remember the kkk very well growing up in the south. They were bad and ignorant people. What I didn’t know was that the lumbee people were a part of fighting the kkk. Thank you Sir for your bravery! Much respect to you and your people! 🔥💜🔥

[@davidford7490]

Catfish Coe was my great grandma daddy

[@cathleenceaser1078]

😍 Loveya'll NativeYa'llare POWERFUL!

[@rafman016]

Great interview!

[@peopleofonefire9643]

My mother was the first person in her family that was allowed to graduate from a public high school by the State of Georgia. At age 16, she was valedictorian of her high school class, received a full scholarship to the University of Georgia and graduated Summa Cum Laude from UGA. She later got a Masters and 6-year Professional Degree then was named Teacher of the Year in Georgia.

[@robhill9989]

As a resident of southeastern Nc, and a former student of UNC Pembroke, I can attest to the reputation that Lumbee’s have acquired. They do not play.

[@katrinamcneil5395]

Lumbee pride.

[@dantirk1819]

Awesome story and lesson. God bless the native American people. I hope their bravery and courage inspires us to do better

[@QPDWK]

Lord have mercy...

[@borisdelaine9797]

My parents told me about this when I was a child in Charlotte Ncbut it was never in any North Carolina history books in school.

[@Troy1k.ceo.]

I’m black and part native my grandma is from maxton NC and she was half she died year 2017 in her mid 80s I Bc heard this story blacks and natives came together in Robeson county to beat the kkk back then

[@dlou3264]

What an EXCELLENT STORY! Well Told! What a handsome man...!

[@FreshRose-z3s]

My dad was from Raleigh. He told me this story.

[@jessicahutchinson9984]

So beautiful! Simeon Oxendine was my nephew’s great uncle and either a twin or triplet. His sister, Kitty, also took part in that night and is pictured in the Life magazine article. If you’re wondering whatever happened to the Klan flag...Aunt Kitty still has it.

[@UNCP]

I'm sure our Museum of Southeast American Indian would be very interested in Aunt Kitty, her story and the flag. They hosted this video series. You can reach them through their web page uncp.edu/museum.

[@kennysmith9929]

Now that’s what I’m about. That was great. History should never not remind us.

[@Prameses]

Lumbee i love my ppl

[@traviswaresr541]

I love it

[@erichaggerty7395]

Amen my dad's family some Silvia North Carolina we are Cherokee and German and we are proud!! I have my mother's maiden name which is very deceptive to my heritage.

[@gregmundo6107]

This is a great story, I don’t know you, but you’re a excellent human, feel proud of wat u did👍

[@kellysirman4184]

I'm Lumbee, my Dad drank from the water fountain for indians.we are Scott/Mcgurt family. I grew up in Florida. i want to know more about my family history

[@paulfewings2688]

I Never Knew The Story Until Today. Bless