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The True Story Of Ron Stallworth From BlacKkKlansman

When Ron Stallworth contacted the KKK, he didn't expect them to set up a face-to-face meeting. But being a good detective, he wasn't going to turn the opportunity down. Of course, his skin color prevented him from going to the meet-up himself, so when the Klansman asked Stallworth to describe his appearance, he gave a description of a fellow undercover officer, a man who could play the white version of Ron Stallworth.

In BlacKkKlansman, Stallworth's white counterpart is a Jewish cop named Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), but most of that was made up for the film. In reality, we don't know his identity, but we do know he wasn't Jewish and wasn't named Flip. Instead, Stallworth refers to his partner as "Chuck," although whenever Chuck attended Klan meetings, he had to use Stallworth's name because the detective had signed his real name on that first letter he sent to the Klan.

There was another slight hiccup that Stallworth had to overcome: He gave Chuck's description before finding out if Chuck could actually do the job. And Chuck's lieutenant was totally opposed to the operation. He thought the Klan would tell the difference between Stallworth's "black voice" and Chuck's "white voice," a concept that didn't sit well with Stallworth. But Stallworth eventually got Chuck on his team, and anytime "Ron" had to attend a Klan meeting, Chuck would show up wearing a wire.

Hanging out with these racists was incredibly dangerous. In fact, one Klansman who attended meetings with Chuck would help assassinate a Jewish radio host in 1984. Of course, Chuck had to juggle the KKK investigation with all his other missions, so most of the time, it was Stallworth working the phones. And that's what led the Black Klansman to finally meet with a wizard.

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Lorie Orum

Update: 2024-05-20