
Part One: The Birth of the Ku Klux Klan
Behind the Bastards
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Is the War Over? Is It Over?
The first Ku Klux Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. They were all frat boys before the war and that will be very relevant here. The south has been pretty ruined. These guys are just, they got nothing to do, right? So they start hanging out in the law offices that belong to Calvin Jones' dad because these are all rich upper middle class to upper class kids. It turns out, Borden racist is a dangerous combination.
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