Disturbing Historical Photos Of Kids In The Ku Klux Klan Disturbing historical photos that reveal what it’s like to grow up in the kkk. the ku klux klan has survived for more than 150 years. its ideology of hatred and white supremacy continued to keep attracting new members through the holocaust, the civil rights movement, and on past the election of america's first black president. Long island, new york. july 4, 1927. bettmann: getty images two children — in the original caption, labeled as mascots of the ku klux klan — stand with the grand dragon. atlanta, georgia. july 1948. library of congress a young girl in robes drinks a coca cola while she and her mother watch a ku klux klan rally. location unspecified.
Disturbing Historical Photos Of Kids In The Ku Klux Klan Though most people recognize the blight of the kkk upon culture, photos of kkk kids explicitly depicts the organization's relentless push towards indoctrinating all minds, even the most innocent and easily influenced, in the miasma of racism. the origins of the ku klux klan (kkk) stem from post civil war resistance towards reconstruction era. An unusual photo depicting the ku klux klan in their regalia parading through the streets of tulsa, oklahoma, september 21, 1923, while the former sheriff bill mccullough, whose efforts to stop the parade were fruitless, can be seen to the left of the hooded horse, note the uniformed police marching alongside the klansmen. (ap photo). In 1991, a local family donated a copy to the royal gorge museum & history center, where it was kept in their archives along with scads of other information about the klan’s brief hold on power. About 50 ku klux klan members marched on july 8, 2017, in charlottesville, virginia, after the city decided to take down a park statue of confederate army general robert e. lee. white supremacists.
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