C. P. Ellis
C. P. Ellis | |
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Ellis in 1995 | |
| Born | Claiborne Paul Ellis January 8, 1927 |
| Died | November 3, 2005 (aged 78) Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Trade union organizer |
Claiborne Paul Ellis (January 8, 1927 – November 3, 2005) was an American segregationist turned civil rights activist and trade union organizer. Ellis was at one time Exalted Cyclops, local leader, of a Ku Klux Klan group in Durham, North Carolina, the city where he was born.