Daryl Davis: The Craziest Man Alive

Daryl Davis is a musician, specifically a pianist, who plays in the style of Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. Music isn't what he's famous for, though. In 1983, while playing a gig, Davis was approached by a KKK member who was shocked at Davis' playing skills. The two struck up an unlikely friendship, bonding over music which led to Davis making friendship with other klansmen. These friendship challenged the misconception the klansmen had about blacks and caused them to rethink their views, eventually prompting them to leave the KKK. Davis is credited with dismantling the Maryland KKK.[1] Davis wrote a book entitled Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan about his experiences. I haven't read the book yet, but it's definitely on my list of book to be read.