The Black Klansman

The Black Klansman (also known as I Cross the Color Line) is a low-budget feature film originally released in 1966 under the name I Crossed the Color Line directed by Ted V. Mikels.^[1]

Plot

Set during the Civil rights movement, the film tells the story of an African-American man, Jerry Ellworth (Richard Gilden, a white actor), who is a Los Angeles jazz musician with a white girlfriend. Meanwhile, in an Alabama diner, a young black man attempts to exercise his civil rights by sitting at a local diner. When the Ku Klux Klan learn of this, they firebomb a church, killing Jerry's daughter. When he learns of this, Jerry moves to Alabama to infiltrate the group responsible for his daughter's death. Jerry dons his disguise and becomes a member of the inner circle, befriending the local leader and his daughter, and soon exacts his revenge.

This film also stars Rima Kutner, Harry Lovejoy, Max Julien, Jakie Deslonde, and James McEachin, credited as Jimmy Mack.

See also

• List of American films of 1966

References

External links

• The Black Klansman on IMDb
• The Black Klansman on YouTube
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