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Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK

Behind the Bastards

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The KKK Is in Severe Debt, So Simmons Is Going Bankrupt

Simmons ran the clan for five years, and as with every other endeavor in his life, he was bad at it. The group had only one public outing, a march to the veterans parade that included 20 black men he paid to put on robes in order to pad out his numbers. Many of them never even brought up racial subjects other than in like passing. So the second clan was racist, but not more racist than mainstream society. It didn't stand out. And if you ignore the whole helping to found the KKK of it all, she's a pretty inspiring feminist story.

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