The Klan intended to make the Lumbee smaller.

The night made the tribe visible across the country.

And more than six decades later, the event is remembered under a name that honors the place where the intimidation failed.

Why The Banner Photograph Is The Perfect Ending — But Not The Whole Story

If Hayes Pond had to be represented by one image, the photograph of Lumbee men with the captured Klan banner would be the obvious choice.

It contains the emotional reversal instantly.

The Klan had brought the banner to announce who held power.

The people it targeted ended the night holding it themselves.

But a photograph can only show one second.

It cannot show the cross burnings that came before.