In June 1987, a day after he graduated high school,
Michael Galinsky took a camera with a telephoto lens and a bunch of film to document a Ku Klux Klan rally in Chapel Hill. Until recently, these photographs could be relegated to a regrettable past. A video installation combining Galinsky's photos with interviews from the event is part of the
Southern Accent exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art. It reveals the extent to which Chapel Hillians considered the KKK an anachronism, but, in the wake of Donald Trump's election and the surge in strident voices of intolerance nationwide, these images take on a chilling new urgency.
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Photo by Michael Galinsky
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Klan march, East Franklin Street, June 15, 1987
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Michael Galinsky
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Police hold back protesters at corner of Columbia and Rosemary streets, June 15, 1987
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Photo by Michael Galinsky
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Sympathetic teens watching Klan parade, June 15, 1987
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Photo by Michael Galinsky
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Boy watching parade sends message
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Michael Galinsky
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Noose through car windshield
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Photo by Michael Galinsky
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Boy talks with Klan elder
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Photo by Michael Galinsky
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Boy and men
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Michael Galinsky
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Young woman with placard protests the Klan
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Michael Galinsky
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Teenager in full Klan regalia
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Michael Galinsky
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African-American police officers and spectators
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