Virgil Lee Griffin, Famous Racist 5.58K Hamilton Nolan 02/18/09 12:33PM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead Virgil griffin racists black history month Kkk Virgil Griffin, a North Carolina KKK boss most famous for leading a racist crowd that shot five leftists to death in 1979, has died at the age of 64. Sean Delonas commemorative cartoon TK. [NYT]