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 How the Original Klan was Born (Coronet, 1946)
A brief account outlining the post-Civil War origins of the KKK in Pulaski, Tennessee.
"The original Ku Klux Klan began in 1865 as a social club of young men in Pulaski, Tennessee. Its ghostly uniform and rituals frightened superstitious Negroes; and when Klansmen discovered this fact accidentally, they lost little time in recruiting membership to 55,000." •Watch a Film Clip About the
| Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans and the New KKK (Ken Magazine, 1938)
A report from an anonymous journalist concerning his 1939 visit to the (formerly) secret Atlanta offices of the KKK:"There is feverish activity in Suite 756 of the Hurt Building in Atlanta, Georgia, these days. The Ku Klux Klan is staging a nation-wide comeback and this is its national headquarters. Fat, shrewd-smiling, garrulous Old Doc Evans (Hiram Wesley Evans: 1881 – 1966) is still Emperor and Imperial Wizard, but he's now apparently only fronting for a Big Boss who has some sensational new plans which have already begun to click. Once again the Klan is holding hands with politicians all over the country, but the hand-holding is being done under the table. The big drive begins in May"
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