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KKK tactics shift robes to suits but goals stay stark
Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton says Klan members now wear business suits at conventions while robes remain mainly ceremonial, and James Venable asserts the Klan is no different from other secret societies. The movement persists in anti Catholic Jew and Black campaigns, with a 1970s presidential bid by Dale Reusch and evolving leadership across 42 groups.
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Atlanta
UPI
Robert Shelton
Ku Klux Klan
James R. Venable
Klan
Dale Reusch
Ohio
Venable
South
Forrest
Stone Mountain
United States
National Knights of the
United Klans of America
Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Reusch
Imperial Wizard
Texas Fiery Knights
KKK
Rome
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
George Wallace
California
Ronald Reagan
Imperial Klaliff
James Lumpkin
Thomaston
Thomaston, Ga
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Lumpkin
Gov. Wallace