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Innocence in the Face of Hate
In this photo, a white child dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes innocently peers into the shield of a black state trooper. The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group founded in 1865, propagated hate and violence against African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and other minorities.
They rose to prominence during the Reconstruction era and again in the 1920s and 1960s, spreading their agenda of racial purity through intimidation, lynchings, and rallies. Major incidents, such as the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, highlighted the group’s violent extremism.
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