Ku Klux Klan Official - Encyclopedia Virginia
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W. Clyde Maddox, a bookkeeper and a member of the Ku Klux Klan, poses in his official regalia in 1921. KKK members usually wore white gowns—symbols of "purity" and the "righteousness of Christ and Christianity to the Klansman," according to historian Chester L. Quarles—but as the Klan grew larger, leaders of the group began wearing robes of different colors. Read more about: Ku Klux Klan Official
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