![]() "We need to get out of these echo chambers and begin talking with each other."ĭavis wrote "Klan-Destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan," in 1998 and is working on a revised edition due out in the spring. "Talking with people is the key," says Davis, who showed a few of the many robes and hoods given to him by former KKK members. "I formed a question in my mind: How can you hate me, when you don't even know me? For the next 49 years, I've been looking for the answer," says the Howard University graduate, who attended high school in Rockville, Maryland.ĭavis described to the audience how he eventually found that communication and respect are an important part of breaking down the barriers of racism, even with those with whom you fundamentally disagree. ![]() When people in a community parade threw rocks at him marching as the only black Cub Scout, he was baffled at why the color of his skin would prompt such a reaction. In his early years, Davis attended international schools overseas where he said the multicultural classes looked like a "little United Nations." It wasn't until he returned to the states in 1968 that he first encountered racism. The 59-year-old, African-American musician and author recently spoke at an SPA event about his 30-year experience interviewing Ku Klux Klan members, many of whom he befriended and led them to renounce their racist views. ![]() Musician and author, Daryl Davis, recently spoke at an SPA event about his 30-year experience interviewing Ku Klux Klan members.īlues pianist Daryl Davis believes in confronting racism - one person at a time.
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