C. P. Ellis

C. P. Ellis
Ellis in 1995
Born
Claiborne Paul Ellis

January 8, 1927
DiedNovember 3, 2005(2005-11-03) (aged 78)
Durham, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTrade union organizer[1]

Claiborne Paul Ellis (January 8, 1927 – November 3, 2005) was an American segregationist turned civil rights activist and trade union organizer. Ellis was at one time Exalted Cyclops, local leader, of a Ku Klux Klan group in Durham, North Carolina, the city where he was born.

  1. ^ "C.P. Ellis". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2022.