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Kirk-Holden War.

1870

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All across the South, the Ku Klux Klan uses murder and intimidation to prevent Black people from voting. In North Carolina, Governor Holden declares martial law in two counties where the violence has reached particularly intense proportions. He orders Colonel Kirk to restore order and to end the Ku Klux Klan. These actions lead to the impeachment of Governor Holden by white supremacist Democrats, who fight to retain North Carolina as a white-governed state.