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Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK

Behind the Bastards

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The Ku Klux Klan, the Invisible Empire

In 1919 a pamphlet started circulating amongst the townships and villages of the American countryside. On its front was a drawing of a Klansman on a rearing steed. The flyer's purpose was to announce the glorious rebirth of the KKK. It opened up by defending the first clan. We're not part of the clan. They didn't come later. There are some king klegels in this one. I don't know what a klegel is. It has to do with it. It's a racist eagle. Our grand mag eyes and our you know queen. Well there's no queens in the KKK. No Imperial emperor.

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