that said "welcome to the home of the kkk" or something like that?

10/18/2008 7:26:48 PM

10/18/2008 7:37:34 PM

Never seen that one. But, there used to be one on the side of a road near High Rock lake. A bunch of clan memebers lived nearby. The sign said "Don't let the sun set on your nigger eyes". It was probably a 4X8 ft sign too. They took it down when I was a kid.

10/18/2008 7:46:23 PM

Quote :

"And as for Bizzell's remark about not having any racial problems until the recent influx of Latinos, I'd like to ask him whether he remembers the KKK sign that used to greet travelers to Smithfield years ago. I sure do. And I bet there are plenty of other people who do, too."

- http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/1216336.html

One of my friends that graduated HS in 2002 said he remembers the sign from when he was in middle school too.

But I can't find it on Google, and I vaguely remember someone here posting it before.

10/18/2008 7:56:52 PM

johnston county is the last great stronghold of the kkk

10/18/2008 8:54:55 PM

bttt

10/18/2008 10:07:06 PM

johnston county is a terrible place. i had the misfortune of living about a mile from there through middle and high school.

they hate em some naggers!

10/18/2008 10:21:59 PM

lol i went to the outlet malls there once and all the brothers were picking up white bitches

10/18/2008 10:23:50 PM

Them racists make some good bbq

10/18/2008 10:26:34 PM

bttt

10/19/2008 12:50:34 PM

I taught for a year at a high school in rural Johnston County, and there was not that much racial tension.

10/19/2008 12:58:35 PM

Do you remember where it was exactly? I was thinking it was closer to Benson.

10/19/2008 1:06:45 PM

haha

10/19/2008 1:07:38 PM

The people I asked said it was on the left as you headed north on I-95 into Smithfield. Taken down in the late 1980's. I've heard it's still around, sitting in some redneck's backyard.

[Edited on October 19, 2008 at 1:17 PM. Reason : It would make sense that they would orient it so southbound travelers would see it.]

10/19/2008 1:15:39 PM

Are you sure it was taken down in the late 80s?

I've heard more than one account of it being up in the early 90s, at least.

10/19/2008 5:38:00 PM

Could be.

10/19/2008 5:57:37 PM

http://thepriceofsilver.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html

Here's a color picture of the same sign from the 60s

i'm thinking this may not be the same sign others recall, but i'm sure it's similar.

10/21/2008 8:37:57 PM

Man, those were the days.

10/21/2008 8:54:03 PM

Quote :

"One of my friends that graduated HS in 2002 said he remembers the sign from when he was in middle school too. But I can't find it on Google, and I vaguely remember someone here posting it before. "

I lived in Smithfield up until the mid '90s, and that sign was gone before the '80s.

That said, JoCo was a serious hotbed of Klan activity all throughout the '80s. F. Glenn Miller (of no relation to the Glenn Miller of big band fame) was the HNIC at the time. They had a telephone number you could dial and listen to Miller's recordings of the effects of niggers on the white man. I remember dialing it all the time in 7th grade (1984). Shortly thereafter, the recordings were discontinued.

The Klan paid visits to our jr. high and our high school at least once a year. We all thought it was a fucking riot...crazy as hell. And of course, they paraded downtown a time or two.

10/21/2008 10:28:53 PM

i dont think id ever see that sign because im not welcome

10/21/2008 10:29:32 PM

dude, there are plenty of black folks in Smithfield, despite the efforts of the Klan. They're all a bunch of tards (the Klan, that is).

BTW I still remember the phone number: 934-4493. I got a weird thing for remembering numbers.

10/21/2008 10:32:48 PM

hmm I think it was there in the 80's, my family didn't move to joco until like 86 and my dad remembers seeing the sign

10/21/2008 10:39:51 PM

Quote :

"johnston county is the last great stronghold of the kkk"

Last time I was in Cincinnati someone told me the KKK headquarters were up there somewhere. Anyone know if that is true?

10/22/2008 1:52:36 AM

Klan is still strong in these parts boy.

10/22/2008 2:58:42 AM

YEEE-HAW

LET'S LYNCH US SOME NIGGERS, BOYS

10/22/2008 3:02:13 AM

F. Glenn Miller's autobiography. Mainly focuses on events in Johnston County and Raleigh. Very interesting to get a first hand account of this drama from the inside.
http://www.whty.org/book/index.htm

Here's a NY Times article about the federal bust of his JoCo operation. I guess it could be viewed as a precursor to Waco. In any case, federal agents descended on Benson by the hundreds.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD6153CF93AA35752C0A961948260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 1:09 PM. Reason : WHTY, LOL]

10/27/2008 1:08:02 PM

does anyone know the number for the KKK hotline?

my friend has it on his phone, its an answering machine that is updated weekly with the Klan's message of hate.

10/27/2008 3:02:32 PM

got this email today hahah

Quote :

"On the website WolfWeb chat message board , someone asked for a photo of the KKK sign, (google Benson NC, kkk) and I have a vintage photo of it, can be seen on artnet --artist George Daniell, or http://www.georgedaniell.com. I cannot post a response as I am not a member, and as an art dealer in Maine, I don't want to pay & be a member just to pass on a link! "

1/19/2010 2:10:04 PM

^^I've listened to it back in the day...the only part from the recording i remember was

"are you tired of big nosed jews taking all your money?"

lol

[Edited on January 19, 2010 at 2:16 PM. Reason : d]

1/19/2010 2:15:52 PM

Quote :

"They had a telephone number you could dial and listen to Miller's recordings"

Lol, I know of one of these in the 252 area code. I wonder if it's the same guy. It's just an answering machine, so after the playing their message it goes "beep" and you can leave them a message of your own. I've been planning to unleash the number on TWW, but I'd like to have a way to record my own calls so I can join in on the shenanigans.

1/19/2010 2:18:21 PM