People like Daryl Davis have a voice worth listening to in troubled times like this

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I remember seeing this a couple of years ago. Daryl Davis is a musicin and an activist

Strange but in amongst this there is some sense in his approach.

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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis

TEDxNaperville

6,958,631 views

•Dec 8, 2017

A chance encounter with members of the Ku Klux Klan led black musician Daryl Davis on a quest to determine the source of the hate. His unorthodox, yet simple approach, has wielded surprising results and just might be the solution for all racial discourse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw

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DARYL DAVIS

Daryl Davis (born March 26, 1958) is an American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano, Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck Berry,  Jerry Lee Lewis, B. B. King, and Bruce Hornsby. His efforts to improve race relations, in which as an African-American he engaged with members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), have been reported on by media such as CNN, NPR, and The Washington Post.

Davis is a Christian and has used his religious beliefs to convince Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK.[9]

He is the subject of the 2016 documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis

Meet Daryl Davis, the black musician who inspired over 200 members to leave the Ku Klux Klan “People must stop focusing on the symptoms of hate. We’ve got to treat it down to the bone, which is ignorance."

by Oliver Murphy

May 18, 2020

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/must-reads/meet-daryl-davis-the-black-musician-who-inspired-over-2...

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Pity he's not in  the Oval Office instead of the guy that's there now.

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I saw a documentary on Daryl Davis. He made a lot of sense and genuinely cared about the conflict between black and white Americans. Roger Kelly (the KKK Grand Dragon) couldn't see anything but a black man at first and spoke to Davis with much disdain. But as time went by you could see the slow change in Kelly who appeared to be viewing Davis as a man. Some other members of the KKK verbally attacked Davis and Kelly vigorously defended him. Kelly left the KKK and to my knowledge remained close friends with Davis.

You are right, if there were more like Davis and Kelly America would have a chance.

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@not_for_sale2025 wrote:

I saw a documentary on Daryl Davis. He made a lot of sense and genuinely cared about the conflict between black and white Americans. Roger Kelly (the KKK Grand Dragon) couldn't see anything but a black man at first and spoke to Davis with much disdain. But as time went by you could see the slow change in Kelly who appeared to be viewing Davis as a man. Some other members of the KKK verbally attacked Davis and Kelly vigorously defended him. Kelly left the KKK and to my knowledge remained close friends with Davis.

You are right, if there were more like Davis and Kelly America would have a chance.

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Ahh, maybe it was the documentary that I saw and not just what was on youtube.

Glad you saw it. Yes Davis had an appproach that perhaps many otther black men wouldn't have. Seeiing a KKK guy they may see red and just charge in with condemnation which is understandable. He obviously took the time to see why Kelly had the stance and tried to undertand it first. Good to hear they remained friends.