Maxton, North Carolina
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Maxton is a town in Robeson and Scotland counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census.
Downtown Maxton
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
Maxton, North Carolina
…again held a public rally in Robeson County, even as they gained influence over the next decade in North Carolina. The Lumbee refer to the event as the Battle of Hayes Pond, and celebrate it as a holiday. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all land…
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