The 

Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux

Klan organization and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North
Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W.
"Catfish" Cole who sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his
gathering would have a large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community.
On the night of the rally, hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field
at Hayes Pond where they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field
was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The
Lumbees then seized Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted
for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press.

The Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux

Klan organization and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North
Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W.
"Catfish" Cole who sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his
gathering would have a large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community.
On the night of the rally, hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field
at Hayes Pond where they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field
was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The
Lumbees then seized Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted
for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press.

The Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux

Klan organization and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North
Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W.
"Catfish" Cole who sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his
gathering would have a large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community.
On the night of the rally, hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field
at Hayes Pond where they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field
was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The
Lumbees then seized Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted
for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press.

The Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux

Klan organization and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North
Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W.
"Catfish" Cole who sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his
gathering would have a large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community.
On the night of the rally, hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field
at Hayes Pond where they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field
was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The
Lumbees then seized Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted
for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press. The Battle of
Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan organization
and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the
night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W. "Catfish" Cole who
sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his gathering would have a
large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community. On the night of the rally,
hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field at Hayes Pond where
they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field was destroyed, the
Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The Lumbees then seized
Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted for inciting a riot. The
event was widely covered in the local and national press.