Battle of Hayes Pond
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The Battle of Hayes Pond, also known as the Battle of Maxton Field or the Maxton Riot, was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan organization and Lumbee people at a Klan rally near
Lumbee Indians fighting Ku Klux Klansmen during the incident
Klansmen in robes with burning cross. This photo was probably taken on January 13, 1958, in either St. Pauls or Lumberton.
Hayes Pond, the location of the confrontation, in 2019
Lumbees confronting Klansmen around the light pole
Robeson County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina and is its largest county by land area. Its county seat and largest community is Lumberton. The county was formed in
Battle of Hayes Pond
…North Carolina Knights, a Klan organization aimed at defending racial segregation. In early 1958, Cole focused his efforts on upholding segregation in Robeson County, North Carolina, which had a triracial population of Native Americans, whites, and blacks. Many of the Native Americans were members of the recently recognized Lumbee…
Robeson County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Lumberton
The Lumber River as seen from the boat launch at Princess Ann near Orrum.
The first Croatan Normal School building in Pates
Farmers taking tobacco to market in Fairmont in the early 1900s