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Harry Flood Byrd was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1887 (just two weeks after future fellow U.S. senator Absalom Willis Robertson was born in the same community). His parents, Eleanor Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. , moved the young family to Winchester, Virginia , the same year.
This is a partial list of notable historical figures in U.S. national politics who were members of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometimes allege that a person was a member of the Klan, or was supported at the polls by Klan membe
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate , succeeding his father, Harry F. Byrd Sr.
According to the report, the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States consists of 42 active Klan groups in 33 states, a slight increase from early 2016's data.
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada - A Canadian Ku Klux Klan organization that was based in Toronto. [36] Ku Klux Klan – Distrikt Nordrhein-Westfalen - A German Ku Klux Klan group operating in North Rhine-Westphalia. [37] Ku Klux Klan of Kanada - One of the most prominent KKK groups in Canada during the mid-1920s. [38]
A bronze plaque at West Point, the United States Military Academy, shows a hooded figure and the words “Ku Klux Klan” underneath, according to a congressional commission’s report.
A Kleagle is an officer of the Ku Klux Klan whose main role is to recruit new members [1] [2] and must maintain the three guiding principles: "recruit, maintain control, and safeguard." King Kleagles are appointed as leaders of a region and have authority to manage members and official affairs of that region's members.
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