Byline: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt; 2006-01-08; New York Times Magazine; pages 26
Report: Stetson Kennedy Controversy
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Stetson Kennedy
Article Links". . . Kennedy has been duly celebrated for his activism: his friend Woody Guthrie once wrote a song about him, and a Stetson Kennedy Day was recently declared in St. John's County, Fla., where Kennedy, 89, still lives. That is where we interviewed him nearly two years ago; our account of his amazing true story was based on those interviews, "The Klan Unmasked" and a small mountain of history books and newspaper articles. . . "
Description:Article revising an earlier assessment in the book Freakonomics of the work of Stetson Kennedy in infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan.
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