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Ron Stallworth (born June 18, 1953) is an American retired police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the late 1970s. He was the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. [1] [2]
Jul 11, 2018 · Was Ron Stallworth really Colorado Springs' first black police detective? Yes. The BlacKkKlansman true story confirms that in the 1970s Ron Stallworth became the first African-American police officer and detective to work for the Colorado Springs Police Department.
As the first African-American and youngest detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron Stallworth infiltrated the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan. In 2014, retired Police Officer Stallworth published the true story of his undercover investigation of the KKK in his book, Black Klansman.
May 16, 2018 · Ron Stallworth, a Colorado police officer, didn’t realize it would be so easy to trick the group that so hated him. Maintaining his cover, though — that would take work. Ever since the Ku Klux Klan formed in 1865, the white supremacy group’s level of power has gone through waves.
Aug 10, 2018 · When Spike Lee first heard about Ron Stallworth —an African-American detective who infiltrated the Colorado Springs K.K.K. in the late 1970s—the filmmaker couldn’t fathom his story...
Aug 9, 2018 · The movie is based on the real story of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in Colorado Springs, Colo., who masterminded an undercover...
Aug 9, 2018 · Among the white supremacist members of the Ku Klux Klan, Ron Stallworth stood out for a couple reasons: he was an undercover officer and he was a black man. In the fall of 1978, at the Colorado...
Jun 9, 2018 · In Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth writes about an undercover investigation in which he — an African-American police detective — convinced the Ku Klux Klan that he was one of...
Aug 23, 2018 · Read the true story behind BlacKkKlansman, the latest film from director Spike Lee. In October 1978 Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police...
Jun 5, 2018 · 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...