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Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK

Behind the Bastards

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The KKK Clansmen

Each ghoul paid a ten dollar initiation fee, equivalent to a hundred and ten in 2011 dollars. At its peak in 1924, the clan conservatively generated annual revenue from all sources of at least twenty five million,. Clansmen were also encouraged to purchase swords, bibles, helmets, dry cleaning, and life insurance. Only a small portion of this revenue was required to fund basic operations.

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