How the Klan Got Its Hood
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Members of the Ku Klux Klan did not wear their distinctive white uniform until Hollywood—and a mail-order catalog—intervened.
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Kanye West Wears KKK-Style Hood at 'Vultures' Listening Party: – Billboard
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How the Klan Got Its Hood
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Protecting Life and Property: Passing the Ku Klux Klan Act (U.S. National Park Service)
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Near-pristine Ku Klux Klan robes found in Neb. attic
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KKK Series — FBI
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Mocking the Klan
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Cross Burning - The Free Speech Center
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100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a US university – part of the terror group's crusade against American Catholics
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Wisconsin man seen wearing KKK robe and hood while walking dog
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Woman killed during KKK initiation rite