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Dark days for the Klan described in Alabama trial report
An editorial notes Alabama will try three men next month including a Ku Klux Klan member for a masked flogging as the Klan’s influence wanes across the South. It recalls grand jury indictments, prior acquittals, and the rise and split of postwar Klans, with legal and financial troubles eroding their power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Grand Jury
Imperial Wizard
Klan
Birmingham
Samuel W. Green
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Lycurgus Spinks
Georgia
Alabama Wizard
Klux Ae Inc
Spinks
Georgia Klans
Associated Klans
Sam W. Roper
South
Treasury Department
Nathan B. Forrest