Holland, Peggy Scoggin, 1957-

Griffin, Ruth Faye

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2005-07-26

1 audio file (45:17) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Peggy Scoggin Holland was a 47-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at her office at Archstone Mortgage, Inc. in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1957. She completed high school and was employed as an accountant in a mortgage bank.

In this second interview, mortgage bank accountant Peggy Scoggin Holland defends her father Robert Scoggin, a former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Mrs. Holland begins by describing her father's work history, time in the Navy, and views on education. She then discusses Mr. Scoggin's appearances in the 1960s before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1960s, which was conducting an investigation of the KKK for misappropriating funds. Mrs. Holland describes how she believes that he was treated unfairly by the committee and by the U.S. government, and that he was targeted because of his political beliefs and not financial wrongdoing. She also recounts how both her parents were disabled and the effect that had on their family and regular activities. Mrs. Holland then returns to the subject of the Un-American Activities Committee, which ultimately sent Mr. Scoggin to federal prison for nine months for contempt of court. She describes Mr. Scoggin's time in Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna, in Anthony, Texas, where he had to do manual labor in a work camp; then in a prison in Flagstaff, Arizona. Mrs. Holland talks about the KKK's lack of support for her family while her father was imprisoned, and about how other members of the organization tried to unseat him from his position after he was released. The interview concludes with Mrs. Holland describing the personalities of her brothers and father. Contrary to popular opinion, she characterizes her father as an intelligent, thoughtful, and non-violent person who believed that his work in the KKK would help fight the threat of communism in the U.S.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and digitized using Digidesign 003 rack.

Accountants

Holland, Peggy Scoggin, 1957-
Scoggin, Robert E., 1922-2003
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

White supremacy movements
Anti-communist movements
Right-wing extremists
Political persecution
People with disabilities--Family relationships
Prisoners
Prisoners--Employment

South Carolina--Spartanburg
Arizona--Flagstaff
Texas--Anthony

Interviews
Oral histories

1950-2010

Interviews about Robert E. Scoggin

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Robert E. Scoggin papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/215)

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