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A feature on women in the Ku Klux Klan, detailing how Donna Smalley and others joined to support the organization. It traces Duke’s expansion of roles for women, the group’s recruiting through libraries and mail cards, and clashes with civil rights foes while acknowledging ongoing violence and backlash.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Donna Smalley
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