Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth
Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth
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Black Klansman
Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

Bestseller

Author: Ron Stallworth

Narrator: Ron Stallworth

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

The #1 New York Times Bestseller!

This extraordinary true story, read by the author, is the basis for the Academy Award winning film BlacKkKlansman, written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver.

When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a white man. He figures he’ll receive a few brochures in the mail, maybe even a magazine, and learn more about a growing terrorist threat in his community.

A few weeks later the office phone rings, and the caller asks Ron a question he thought he’d never have to answer, “Would you like to join our cause?” This is 1978, and the KKK is on the rise in the United States. Its Grand Wizard, David Duke, has made a name for himself, appearing on talk shows, and major magazine interviews preaching a “kinder” Klan that wants nothing more than to preserve a heritage, and to restore a nation to its former glory.

Ron answers the caller’s question that night with a yes, launching what is surely one of the most audacious, and incredible undercover investigations in history. Ron recruits his partner Chuck to play the "white" Ron Stallworth, while Stallworth himself conducts all subsequent phone conversations. During the months-long investigation, Stallworth sabotages cross burnings, exposes white supremacists in the military, and even befriends David Duke himself.

Black Klansman is an amazing true story that unfolds like a crime thriller, and a searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.

About Ron Stallworth

Ron Stallworth is a highly decorated, law enforcement veteran, who worked undercover narcotics, vice, criminal intelligence and organized crime beats in four states. As the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron overcame fierce racial hostility to achieve a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. He is the author of the memoir Black Klansman.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Licha on July 14, 2018

I wanted to like this book. There's a great story here, it's just that it was boring, I didn't quite like the way the author came across, and I had a hard time getting through some parts of this. There were so many abbreviated groups that after a while I stopped caring which group was on what side.......more

Goodreads review by Elijah on July 11, 2018

This book, more than anything else, is a testament to authors who should hire ghostwriters. If Ron Stallworth did in fact hire a ghostwriter, he should have hired a better one. The premise, a black police officer masquerading as a card carrying member of the KKK via a white undercover surrogate, is......more

Goodreads review by Claude's on October 20, 2021

Well I am absolutely confused as to how a book about such a daringly brilliant undercover police operation could end up being quite a dull read. When it came down to it, not much actually happened so there wasn't much to write about I guess. I loved that Ron infiltrated the Klan and that they were a......more

Goodreads review by Meike on April 19, 2023

This clearly falls into the "you can't make this stuff up" category: For the lols, Black policeman Ron Stallworth answered to an ad in which the KKK sought new members - and when they tried to actually recruit him, the joke turned into an undercover operation. Under his real name, Stallworth joined......more