Leonard Pitts: How a black guy joined the Klan in Utah (hilarious!)

A black man fooled the Klan, joined the ranks

BY LEONARD PITTS JR.lpitts@herald.com

And now, here's this week's episode of Great Moments In Black History.The year is 1979. Carter is in office, disco is on the radio, and Ron Stallworth has just joined the Ku Klux Klan.We are indebted to the Deseret Morning News of Salt Lake City for revealing this in an article earlier this month commemorating Stallworth's retirement from the Utah Department of Public Safety. Since then, the story has made MSNBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, and blogs from here to eternity.And if you're wondering why the fuss, well ... it's not every day a black man becomes a Klansman.

MiamiHerald.com | 01/23/2006 | A black man fooled the Klan, joined the ranks