After 160 years of nothing but violence and hatred, it’s time we get to know one another on a social basis, not under a cover of darkness,” explains musician Daryl Davis of his extraordinary journey into the heart of one of America’s most fanatical institutions, the Ku Klux Klan.
 
He is not White; he’s not even light skinned. Make no mistake about it; he is Black. Yet, author Daryl Davis has come in closer contact with members of the Ku Klux Klan than most White non-members and certainly most Blacks — short of being on the wrong end of a rope. What’s more? He continues to do so, making him one of the most unique authors and race relations experts today. 
 
Daryl Davis is the first Black author to write a book on the Ku Klux Klan from in-person, face-to-face interviews with leaders and members. His new book is The Klan Whisperer, which shares his courageous story, a lifetime of victories over darkness and ignorance.
 
At age ten, Davis was pelted with rocks and bottles by racists while carrying the American flag during a parade in an otherwise all-White Cub Scout Troop. At fifteen, he was told by the head of the American Nazi Party that he would be shipped back to Africa. In his twenties he was attacked by racist police.
 
Driven by the need to understand those, who without ever having met him, hate him because of the color of his skin, Daryl decided to seek out the roots of racism. His mesmerizing story, told in gritty words and startling photographs, is both harrowing and awe-inspiring.
 
Finding that the Klan is entrenched not only in the Deep South, but in his own neighborhood, Davis set out to meet Grand Dragons, Imperial Wizards, and rank-and-file members from all over the country.

 
From being physically attacked by Klansmen and Klanswomen, to being defended by Klan members, Davis has also been given robes and hoods by leaders and members who leave the organization and renounce their racist ideology after coming to know him.
 
Davis journeys on in his courageous quest into the heart of ignorance for what he believes is a ray of hope for harmony between all people and the future of mankind.