The Black Klansman, originally released in 1966 under the name I Crossed the Color Line,[citation needed] is a low-budget feature film directed by Ted V. Mikels and starring Richard Gilden, Rima Kutner, Harry Lovejoy, Max Julien, Jakie Deslonde, and James McEachin.

Meanwhile, in a Turnersville, Alabama diner, a young black man, Delbert Madison (Kirk Kirksey), attempts to exercise his civil rights, which has just passed at the federal level, by sitting at a local diner, where he is observed by members of the Ku Klux Klan, including Exalted Cyclops Rook (Harry Lovejoy).

Jerry dons his disguise and becomes a member of the inner circle, befriending the local leader and his daughter, Carole Ann, and soon exacts his revenge.

When Andrea and Lonnie, their saxophonist, arrive in town, Farley (Jakie Deslonde), Delbert's older brother, hires two Harlem hitmen, Raymond Estes (Max Julien) and his burly assistant, Barnaby (Jimmy Robinson), to avenge his brother's death despite the protests of the reverend and Alex (Whitman Mayo), owner of the only black tavern and inn where Lonnie and Andrea stay.

[3] It has been noted for having a similar melody to "Home of the Brave" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, which was recorded by Bonnie and the Treasures in July 1965 and Jody Miller in August 1965.