Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

Ann Atwater

Claiborne Paul Ellis

Bill Riddick

Mary Ellis

Floyd Kelly

Garland Keith

Carvie Oldham

Lee Trombley

Wiley Yates

Howard Clement

Maddy Mays

Ben Butler

Leonard

Jeb

Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Court Clerk
April 5, 2019

Ann Atwater

Claiborne Paul Ellis

Bill Riddick

Mary Ellis

Floyd Kelly

Garland Keith

Carvie Oldham

Lee Trombley

Wiley Yates

Howard Clement

Maddy Mays

Ben Butler

Leonard

Jeb

Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Court Clerk

