Daryl Davis (Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America)

Daryl Davis is a Black musician who befriends white supremacists to try to get them to give up their old ways. He's led more than 200 to renounce racism, and more than 50 Klansmen have surrendered their robes to him. Years ago, he was playing piano in a Maryland truck stop when a man who turned out to be a Klansman said Davis was the first Black man he'd ever heard who could play like Jerry Lee Lewis. Davis corrected him, asking: "Where do you think Jerry Lee Lewis learned to play?" He's been educating racist ever since.Davis has gotten criticism for engaging with racists. but in this podcast, he explains to writer Greg Gilman that one of his goals is to prevent lone-wolf attacks, like the one carried out by Dylan Roof in a South Carolina church in 2015.Davis is the focus of Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America, a documentary by Matthew Orenstein now playing on Amazon Prime. You can read Greg's profile of him here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.