It settled a social one.

The Klan could not successfully enter Robeson County and act as though Lumbee identity was something it had the power to police.

What The Night Reveals About Community Power

Hayes Pond is often remembered for courage, but courage alone does not explain the outcome.

The deeper force was organization that did not look like formal organization.

A community can mobilize rapidly when it possesses dense social networks.

Families talk.

Coworkers pass news.

Churches connect households.

Veterans know one another.